The Rockets won their second preseason game Thursday night, this time against San Antonio, looking much better than they did in their first victory.

Yao played 24 minutes, hitting 4-of-8 from the field to score 8 points, and grabbed 4 boards. His timing is still a little off, though:

“He’s just got to keep playing through it,” coach Rick Adelman said. “I wasn’t going to play him that long. But I wanted him to keep playing, because he’s got to get his timing back. He’s kind of out of sorts right now.

“He did kick it out of the double-team a couple of times when they were coming at him. But I thought there were times when he re-established his post position, and he’s just got to be more aggressive and go ahead and take it. I thought he was hesitant and a lot of it is timing. We’ve got to keep playing him in longer stretches and let him get his timing back.”

Click here for Raymond’s photos from pre-game and the game itself. Click here for the Houston Chronicle’s full story.

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