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Yao Ming's 30 can't stop Rockets' slide
(NBA)
Updated: 2005-11-27 13:56
The Houston Rockets finally got Yao Ming to be more assertive, but that
aggression may have cost them in the end.
Houston Rockets' Yao Ming, of China, reacts
after being fouled while making a basket during the fourth quarter against
the Chicago Bulls Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 in Houston. The Bulls beat the
Rockets, 94-89. [AP] |
Yao scored 14 of his
season-best 30 points in the final period, but fouled out and could not prevent
the Rockets from taking their seventh straight defeat, a 94-89 loss to the
Chicago Bulls.
The three-time All-Star center had come under fire for his lack of
aggressiveness with fellow All-Star Tracy McGrady sidelined with a back strain.
With Houston trailing, 75-60, in the opening stages of the final period, Yao
scored six points during a 9-0 burst. The Rockets eventually tied it at 85-85
when David Wesley connected on a three-point play with 1:37 to go.
Kirk Hinrich answered on the Bulls' next possesion when he hit a driving
layup and got Yao to foul out in the process. Although Hinrich missed the free
throw, the damage had been done.
Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni, who scored 17 apiece, each had uncontested
shots near the basket for Chicago, which completed a six-game road trip with
three straight wins.
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