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Rockets Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:30:27 PDT

For months, and especially through the weeks that Yao Ming was in China trying to dampen expectations with comments that seemed strangely pessimistic, the Rockets ached for this day.

Yao had been back on the court since late May. He had been working through one-on-one and two-on-two drills for weeks. He had been pushing himself through drills every bit as demanding as those that the team invited the media to come watch. But Yao had declined to participate in such a public display or the interviews that would follow until one more checkup.

The news from the examination was ideal—Yao's stress fracture had fully healed and he would be cleared for all on-court workouts—but it was a stretch to call it news.

Yao was examined and given a clean bill of health,...
Rockets forward Chase Budinger to miss start of camp (SportingNews.com)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:42:00 PDT
Houston Rockets forward Chase Budinger will miss the start of training camp after spraining his left ankle during a workout Thursday, the Houston Chronicle reported. The ankle injury will keep him from basketball-related workouts for four to six weeks. Budinger averaged 8.9 points last season as a rookie and is expected to compete for more playing time this year. Last season, he averaged 20.1 minutes a game.
US faces a navigable road at basketball worlds (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:47:18 PDT
All around them, the Americans find compelling matchups for the round of 16: a rematch of the 2006 title game; a coach facing a home country he led to an Olympic gold medal; two bitter rivals to get it all started. All the while, a fairly navigable road right to the semifinals was emerging for the United States.
Compelling round of 16 at basketball worlds (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:04:24 PDT
With the field down to 16 teams, the knockout stage of the basketball world championship begins Saturday with two highly anticipated matchups. Balkan rivals Serbia and Croatia, who fought a war in the early 1990s, play the opening game at the Sinan Erdem Dome. That's followed by Spain vs. Greece, two of the pre-tournament favorites.
Serbia upsets Argentina to win Group A at worlds (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:12:09 PDT
Aleksandar Rasic made four free throws in the last 11 seconds Thursday to help Serbia upset top-ranked Argentina 84-82 and win Group A at the basketball world championship. Argentina captain and Houston Rockets forward Luis Scola sank two free throws with 38 seconds left to make it 77-77, but Serbia's Dusko Savanovic hit a 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining.