Yao Ming fell on his knee and bled, turned an ankle on an opposing player and fell to the floor in pain, was posterized by rom Dahntay Jones on a massive dunk, got hit in the eye with no foul called, and turned the ball over six times in the first three quarters.

But when it came time for the Rockets to put the Memphis Grizzlies away Tuesday night, Yao put all those bad things behind him, put his team on his back and scored 9 of the Rockets first 10 points of the fourth quarter to help them win 86-80.

I am traveling this week on business and don’t have as much time to do a full report because of all the commitments I have on this trip, but I did record the game and watched it on my Slingbox late last night before falling asleep. When I’m traveling like this and the Rockets are playing a back-to-back like they are tonight against Milwaukee, I’ll put together a “joint” report where I’ll combine my analysis from two games into one.

Well, the hotel front desk just called, and they are pressuring me to check out. So I’ll check back here later, probably on Thursday afternoon when I get back into town.

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