Yao takes coach on trip down memory lane
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The local newspapers had already spent several days building it up as The Return of the Legend - Yao Ming&#39;s homecoming to China with the Rockets.
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Reviewing tape of a recent Grizzlies game, Celtics coach Doc Rivers was reminded of his days playing in Atlanta.
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The NBA is considering playing some of its regular season games in China, commissioner David Stern said Friday. The Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets, team of Chinese national Yao Ming
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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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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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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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Yao Ming believes his teammates on the Chinese national team need to get stronger and smarter in order to compete for a medal at the 2008 Olympics, though he wouldn't go so far as to endorse the solution offered by Del Harris.
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Friendship is one thing, competition quite another. That was apparent when reporters asked Juwan Howard and Liu Wei about playing against friends, Chris Webber and Yao Ming, in the China Games.
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Vince Carter was the main topic of conversation, and the five-time all-star wasn&#39;t even in the building when his new team played his old team.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 91-83 on Saturday in a game featuring the second NBA matchup between Chinese players Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.
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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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Since joining the Houston Rockets as the NBA top draft pick in 2002, Chinese basketball star Yao has made himself the best known and richest sportsman in China.