Yao&#39;s effort fails to lift Rockets
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Chinese center Yao Ming had 29 points and nine rebounds but he could not save the Houston Rockets from the 102-96 defeat by the Sacramen to Kings Tuesday.
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Yao Ming had 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Houston Rockets overcame a poor night from ailing All-Star Tracy McGrady to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 92-77 on Thursday night.
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Tracy McGrady scores 23 points, Yao Ming adds 21 and the Houston Rockets allow the fewest points in franchise history in a 92-62 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.
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National Basketball Association star Yao Ming of China thrilled his hometown fans with 14 points to lead the Houston Rockets to an 88-86 win over the Sacramento Kings in Shanghai.
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Tracy McGrady had 27 points and nine rebounds and Yao Ming added 15 points and a season-high 17 rebounds as the Houston Rockets defeated the Golden State Warriors 100-83 Friday night.
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Tracy McGrady had 27 points and Yao Ming 20, and the Houston Rockets rode three impressive runs to a 98-78 preseason victory Thursday night over the Chicago Bulls.
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(Sports Network) - The Tracy McGrady-less Rockets fell 84-79 to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night at the Toyota Center. Yao Ming poured in a game-high 32 points to help Houston cut into a 22-point third-quarter deficit.
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The Houston Rockets suffered their second consecutive defeat in the regular season games, after losing the opening game Tuesday in Detroit.
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Not even a line clocked in days deterred the residents of Shanghai from waiting to see Yao Ming, the marquee attraction in this week&#39;s National Basketball Association exhibition games in China.
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The Houston Rockets cruised to a 95-83  victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, Chinese  center Yao Ming leading the home team to a seventh straight  triumph with a game-high 25 points.
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SHANGHAI - Yao Ming&#39;s Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first National Basketball Association game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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Yao Ming returned to the line-up for the first time in 32 games, but it was not enough as the Houston Rockets dropped a 91-85 decision to the Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA play Monday in Cleveland.
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Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson, right, tries to shoot over the outstretched arm of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, of China, left, during the fourth quarter in Sacramento, Calif.
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Yao Ming had 32 points and 10 rebounds, Rafer Alston added 24 points and eight assists, and the Houston Rockets snapped a three-game losing streak without Tracy McGrady in a 106-100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.
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Yao! As in, wow! If there was a five-year plan for Yao Ming, the dividends are rolling in here in Year 5. The altitudinous center is playing the best basketball of his career, the Houston Rockets are off to a terrific start, and, well, with Shaquille O'Neal on the sidelines, there isn't a better pivot in the league. (With apologies ...
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Yao made good on 13-of-16 field goal attempts and hit 14-of-18 shots from the foul line as the Rockets posted their sixth triumph in eight games.
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Tracy McGrady had 25 points and Yao Ming scored 23 to lead the Houston Rockets past the Atlanta Hawks 92-69 on Wednesday night. It was the biggest blowout of the season for Houston, which won for the fourth time in five games.