Yao Ming faces francis, Rockets routed by Magic
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The Houston Rockets have been beaten 95-72 in a pre-season game Sunday by the Orlando Magic, led by former Rockets guard Steve Francis.
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Lamar Odom supplemented 20 points with  13 rebounds and Kobe Bryant added 19 points to overcome a big  night from Yao Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers ground out an  84-79 win over the Rockets in Houston Saturday.
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SHANGHAI, China - Yao Ming was the star in the NBA&#39;s first China game, scoring 14 points and grabbing seven rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets past the Sacramento Kings 88-86 on Thursday.
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Yao Ming is refreshed. After a demanding few days in his hometown for the first NBA game in China, the Houston Rockets center has had some time to unwind since arriving in Beijing.
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HOUSTON Yao Ming&#39;s 21 points and nine rebounds led the Houston Rockets to an 89-to-81 victory over the hapless New Orleans Hornets.
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Yao Ming scored 23 of his season-high 38 points in the fourth quarter and the Houston Rockets ended the Washington Wizards' winning streak at three games with a 114-109 victory Saturday night.
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The Rockets send the Wizards into the all-star break on a low note by blowing out Washington, 123-93, Tuesday behind 34 points from Tracy McGrady and 23 from Yao Ming.
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Yao Ming came through in the clutch to secure a win for Houston &#151; and put an end to Lamar Odom's bid to almost single-handedly beat the Rockets.
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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 14 rebounds, Tracy McGrady added 13 points and 12 boards, and the Houston Rockets survived another fourth-quarter meltdown to beat the Washington Wizards 86-82 on Wednesday night.
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Yao Ming scores 22 points, grabs 12 rebounds and blocks five shots to help the Rockets, who were missing Tracy McGrady, beat the Grizzlies, 103-83, on Friday night.
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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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Juwan Howard scored 20 points for the Rockets, who dropped the Grizzlies to 0-and-4. Yao Ming added 14 points and eleven rebounds to the win.
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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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The foul-plagued Francis scored 15 of his 26 points in a spectacular fourth quarter as the Orlando Magic fought off the Philadelphia 76ers, 105-99, for their fourth win in five games.
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Steve Francis scored 27 of his 35 points after halftime, and the Orlando Magic snapped a four-game losing streak with an 105-87 win over the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday night.
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When the NBA preseason mercifully came to a conclusion Wednesday night for the Orlando Magic, fiery point guard Steve Francis had a pointed message for the rival Miami Heat: The Magic