Yao Measures Up in U.S. and China
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Smashing stereotypes forged over  centuries and bearing the burden of being an inspiration to a  billion compatriots is a mighty tall order.
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming of China was voted into the National Basketball Association All-Star Game by fans for the sixth straight year in balloting for the starters announced on Thursday.
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Yao Ming's Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first NBA game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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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.
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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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China&#39;s basketball star Yao Ming is to take centre stage in the first National Basketball Association game to be played in China, later on Thursday.
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Yao Ming wouldn&#39;t let the Rockets lose another home game, especially to the reeling Atlanta Hawks. Yao scored 23 points _ including seven during a pivotal third-quarter run _ and blocked a season-high five
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When Yao Ming's Houston Rockets edged the Sacramento Kings in the first ever NBA game played in China, the towering star center only wanted to run and hide from his adoring hometown fans.
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Two U.S. victories by a combined 77 points are not going to change Mike Krzyzewski's opinion. China will have a good basketball team &#151; soon.
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Hometown fans of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming will see their hero in action for no more than 28 minutes when the NBA's first ever tip-off in China takes place this week.
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Tracy McGrady says Chinese center Yao   Ming has come of age as an NBA player and expects the two of   them to make this a big year for the Houston Rockets.
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Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming made his hometown fans proud as the Houston Rockets centre led his team to a close-fought win over the Sacramento Kings in a much-hyped NBA exhibition game.
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Yao Ming&#39;s Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first NBA game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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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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Center Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets' Chinese import, has all but clinched a third straight start in the National Basketball Association All-Star Game, according to fan ballotting figures.
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Declaring himself &quot;here on business,&quot; hometown favorite Yao Ming joined Tracy McGrady and the rest of the Houston Rockets on Tuesday as they prepared for a pair of exhibition games against the Sacramento Kings -- the first NBA games played in China.
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CHENGDU, China - Americans get up for the big events - the Olympics, for instance, or the Super Bowl.