NBA: Yao Ming Thrills Hometown Fans During Exhibition Game
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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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With the establishment of a new enterprise in China, the NBA has set its sights on cashing in on the fan-crazed domestic league that has already produced stars such as Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.
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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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East Rutherford, NJ - Several rows up from where Shaquille O&#39;Neal was making his Miami Heat debut, two fans stood out in New Jersey Nets hats and No.
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Yao Ming is expected to play for the first time in almost three months when the Houston Rockets face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, team officials said.
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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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The wonderful performance of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady gifted Houston Rockets another win overthe Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, which was Rockets&#39; seventh win in 10 NBA games.
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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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Built in the days of Mao Zedong's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Shanghai's rundown city gymnasium is getting the full NBA treatment for next month's exhibition game between the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets.
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CLEVELAND Â· Tracy McGrady scored 29 points, Yao Ming added 20 and the Rockets got a 98-87 win Wednesday that had less to do with McGrady and Ming than it did Dikembe Mutombo&#39;s knockout of the Cavaliers&#39; LeBron James.
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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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The Houston Rockets' Yao Ming, helped by the ability of fans to cast votes on the NBA's multi-lingual website, received a record total of 2.56 million votes for the 54th All-Star Game.
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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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Despite the mediocre performance of his Houston Rockets, Chinese center Yao Ming remains the top vote-getter in fan ballotting for the National Basketball Association All-Star game.
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After a gruelling few days in his hometown of Shanghai for the first NBA game in China on Thursday, the Houston Rockets centre has had some time to unwind since arriving in Beijing.
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The crowd chanted Yao Ming&#39;s name all game, soaking up the novelty of the NBA in another tribute to a player who is fast becoming a one-man basketball marketing force in China.
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Yao Ming is expected to play for the  first time in almost three months when the Houston Rockets face  the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, team officials said.