Yao leads Rockets to win home opener

时间：2006-11-06 01:03:53

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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (L) grabs a loose ball as Dallas Mavericks1 forward Dirk Nowitski looks on during their NBA game in Houston November 4, 2006. (REUTERS)
 
Nov.5 - With Yao Ming dominating and their defense2 pounding from the tip, the Houston Rockets rolled to a start-to-finish, in-every-way 107-76 rout3 of the Dallas Mavericks before 18,245 at Toyota Center, the largest opening night crowd in franchise4 history.

 

The Rockets got a spectacular all-around game from point guard Rafer Alston who not only had 14 points and 12 rebounds5, but added four steals, didn't commit a turnover6, and helped hold long-time Rockets killer7 Jason Terry to an 0 for 5, one-point shooting night.

 

While Alston was electric, Yao was unstoppable. In 36 minutes, Yao had 36 points, making 12 of his 16 shots, and all 12 of his free throws, capping his night with a fast break, alley-oop dunk of a Kirk Snyder lob.

 

The Rockets were so strong offensively, they barely needed Tracy McGrady's help. McGrady came around a bit in the third quarter, making three of his five shots, but he finished with just eight points, playing only 23 minutes as the Rockets pulled away for good with him on the bench.

 

But nearly everything the Rockets tried Bonzi Wells played for the first time with the Rockets. Snyder moved to the bench and added 12 points. Luther Head, who struggled in the opener, had a 14-point fourth quarter as the Rockets' lead swelled8 to 33.

 

For all that went so well, in many ways Yao sent the Rockets flying.

 

Against a team particularly well-equipped to defend him, with DeSagana Diop and Erick Dampier taking turns applying defensive9 muscle to him, Yao was sensational10, scoring more points in the first half, 22, than he averaged against in the Mavericks, 20, last season.

 

Yao made 8 of 10 shots. He made all eight of his free throws, including two in his unusual role as a 7-footer (and then some) that takes his team's technical free throws.

 

He ended the half with a shake-the-building flurry, sinking a technical free throw after Dirk Nowitzki had a nutty. Then, with the Rockets inbounding with 1.7 seconds left, he cut to the baseline, took the pass from Alston and swished his 17 footer with a tenth of a second to spare to give the Rockets a 52-38 halftime lead.

 

Yet as well as the half ended for the Rockets, it began even better, with the Rockets scoring the game's first 12 points.

 

The Rockets started rapidly offensively in Utah, too, but this was different because defensively, they were swift and swarming11 as they never were in the season opener.

 

The Rockets held Dallas to a 16-point first quarter, led by as much as 16 and never trailed. They survived a half in which Tracy McGrady made 1 of 6 shots and missed all three of his free throws and got more of a lift of the bench from Wells and Snyder than the reserves offered combined in the opener.

 

By the fourth quarter, the game grew to complete rout, and a Toyota Center celebration the Rockets had longed to launch.

 

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1 mavericks 3ac87f645e7e17c0410306b33eb282f6     
未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )； 标新立异的人，不合常规的人
参考例句：
  • And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？
  • And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。
2 defense AxbxB     
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
3 rout isUye     
n.溃退，溃败；v.击溃，打垮
参考例句：
  • The enemy was put to rout all along the line.敌人已全线崩溃。
  • The people's army put all to rout wherever they went.人民军队所向披靡。
4 franchise BQnzu     
n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权
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  • Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
  • The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
5 rebounds 87b0c2d1da6e752183ab26d425c5acd4     
反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴
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  • V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
  • In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。
6 turnover nfkzmg     
n.人员流动率，人事变动率；营业额，成交量
参考例句：
  • The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
  • Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。
7 killer rpLziK     
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
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  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
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  • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
  • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。
9 defensive buszxy     
adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的
参考例句：
  • Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
  • The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
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adj.使人感动的，非常好的，轰动的，耸人听闻的
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  • Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
  • Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。
11 swarming db600a2d08b872102efc8fbe05f047f9     
密集( swarm的现在分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去
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  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
  • The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。

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