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Yao is 11-for-11 from the free throw line over the first two games of the series.

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He said he called Yao shortly after hearing that the injury would cause a premature end to Yao's season.

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` ` Yao is unstoppable, '' said Rockets forward Ron Artest, who scored 17 points playing most of the game in foul trouble.

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How does their life change after Yao is arrested and jailed?

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Among the captives was Princess Li Yao from the Tang imperial household.

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We also learn details about the start of the war between the Middle Kingdom and the Mexic Dominion, as told by Yao and Blue-green Feather, a Mexic warrior he encounters, whose words are translated by Thien, a scientist who Yao is attempting to save.

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Yao is recovering from a fractured bone in his leg, however, and will not play in the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 18 in Las Vegas.

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The Rockets started Dikembe Mutombo in Yao's place the second game, but also used Carl Landry and Luis Scola.

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Yao is an 85 percent free-throw shooter, but the team is shooting only 73 percent.

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` ` Yao is not able to guard Harrington yet we could guard him at the other end by some techniques that were successful tonight, '' Nelson said.

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