Yao Ming continuously released multiple shots from the free throw line. It looked as if his shooting touch had not deserted him, as his hit rate was pretty high. Through such hard practice, Yao Ming is determined not to let his shooting touch become cold after being sidelined for more than 6 weeks now because of his injury. His light-colored training jersey was soaked with sweat already, but his right knee has already recovered. The only sign that there was something wrong with his right knee was that the black brace support wrapped around his thigh was seen from a corner of his black pants.

On the other side of the training court, Bonzi Wells, Luther Head and a couple other Rockets are practicing their shooting. After the loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night, the Rockets are to play a back-to-back with the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday. Since there was no team practice in the morning, the players arrived at Toyota Centre a couple hours earlier prior to the game to practice their shooting.

After finishing his shooting practice, Yao Ming walked towards the center of the court. Bonzi Wells also walked up from the other side of the court. They greeted each other striking their fists, and then cracked jokes at each other. Then Yao Ming walked back to his side of the court, lifted his left leg high, but kept his right leg straight, and not bending it as far as possible. Yao Ming then chatted with David Macha, the strength and conditioning coach of the Rockets, about how he felt after the shooting practice, gesticulating with his right hand on his injured right knee to the malleolus joint position. Then, without his basketball, Yao Ming started to practice his low post footwork, all in slow motion. He was trying to see if his just-recovered right leg/knee could sustain such turnaround moves without ill effect.