Rockets Nip Kings As NBA Travels to China
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Hometown hero Yao Ming scored 14 points to lead the Houston Rockets to an 88-86 win over the Sacramento Kings Thursday night in the first ever NBA game played in China.
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Chris Webber scored 30 points, including a 3-pointer to force overtime, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets 117-111 on Friday night.
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Houston Rockets&#39; Tracy Lue (L2) goes for a shot during the second pre-season match with Sacramento Kings in Beijing, capital city of China, Oct. 17, 2004.
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Chinese center Yao Ming scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in his first game since December 23 but could not lift the Houston Rockets past LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Tracy McGrady scored 34 points and Yao  Ming added 23 as the Houston Rockets blasted the Washington  Wizards 123-93 Tuesday, extending their season-high winning  streak to eight games.
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BEIJING (Ticker) -- Bobby Jackson made sure the Sacramento Kings did not leave China empty-handed. Jackson scored six of his 13 points in the final two minutes as the Kings rallied to their first preseason
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming   believes more of his Chinese team mates need to gain experience   abroad for the national team to be competitive at the 2008   Beijing Olympics, state media reported on Tuesday.
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At the apex of the rampant Chinese interest in the NBA are stars Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, whose teams face off on Saturday. That's why a televised game between the Bucks and Rockets is expected to be seen by more fans in China than Sunday's Super Bowl.
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Yao Ming scores 24 points and the Houston Rockets overcome a mild concussion to Tracy McGrady to beat cold-shooting Cleveland, 81-63, Saturday night.
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Chinese star center Yao Ming is excited about making a homecoming with his NBA teammates next week when he and the Houston Rockets play two exhibitions against Sacramento, reported Shenzhen Daily.
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Rafer Alston scored 22 points, Yao Ming added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets tied a team record Tuesday night with their ninth road victory in a row, 93-85 over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Chinese star center Yao Ming is excited about making a homecoming with his National Basketball Association(NBA) teammates next week when he and the Houston Rockets play two exhibitions against Sacramento.
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The second edition of Yao vs. Yi didn't quite live up to its billing, as Yao Ming's Houston Rockets beat Yi Jianlian and the Milwaukee Bucks 91-83 on Saturday despite relatively quiet nights by both of China's biggest basketball exports.
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Yao Ming had 25 points and seven rebounds as the Houston Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 95-83 on Monday night for their seventh straight win.
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BEIJING - The Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets in a nail-biter pre-season game in Beijing on Sunday, 91-89, on a baseline jumpshot by reserve guard Bobby Jackson in the final seconds.
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Chinese basketball player Yao Ming, an all-star member of the Houston Rockets, was granted a visa to visit Taiwan on a trip that will score a point for rival Beijing, which aspires to unify the two territories.
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Yao Ming snatched a season-high 40 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors. The Chinese star center had 10 rebounds en route to recording his eighth double-double of the season.