March 17th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in With a playoff like atmosphere in the crowd, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic waged war like two teams that know an eventual match-up may very well be coming for the right to end to the NBA Finals in June on Tuesday night. The match-up went back and forth, and it wrapped up with a [...]
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Pacers Take Advantage Of Yao Absence, Hold Off Rockets 107-102
On most nights, the Houston Rockets match up well against most opponents, due to their decided height advantage; however, in their game on Friday night against the Indiana Pacers, the advantage did not serve them very well as center Yao Ming played only 17 minutes before leaving the game with a sore knee. The Pacers [...]
Yao Makes Heat Say Ow, Rockets Win 93-86
One must think that the Houston Rockets salivated knowing that their opponent in their game on Saturday night was the Miami Heat, who are definitely an undersized team by NBA standards. And as you’d expect, Rockets center Yao Ming took advantage of the size differential, scoring 26 points (shooting a perfect 12-of-12) as Houston defeated Miami [...]
Yao Makes Warriors Say Ow, Rockets Win Big 131-112
One thing is for certain, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is going to bring a size advantage to whatever opponent comes his way; Friday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors would certainly be no different as his 19 fourth-quarter points were key as Houston easily disposed of Golden State 131-112 at Toyota Center. The [...]
Billups’ 11 Third Quarter Points Help Nuggets Defuse Rockets 104-94
Typically, the Denver Rockets main source of offense is Carmelo Anthony; there was a change of plans on Sunday when the Houston Rockets came to take on the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center. Anthony did play for a while until he had to leave the game in the second quarter because he reaggravated an elbow [...]
