yao leads rockets to victory

Pretty dramatic night for Rockets fans, both here and probably a billion or so folks in China... Yao Ming had 28 points and 10 rebounds on Monday to lead Houston past the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers 100-92 in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series: Yao helps lift Rockets to stable ground.

Fairly scary moment though, when Yao went for the locker room briefly after injuring his knee in the fourth quarter. But he returned to action a few minutes later to hit a key jump shot and sink six free throws for the Rockets -- who used a 9-0 run in the fourth to take control of the game.