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Yao On The Verge Of Return
The Rockets are still targeting Wednesday for Yao to come back, but did not rule out his playing. Yao was so confident he will not be risking damage to his toe by coming back early, he pointed to the red plastic shield on his new basketball shoes protecting his sore left big toe and offered a challenge. "You want to try it?" he said. "Step on it. It's pretty hard. Go ahead. I won't feel it." Finding no takers, he put his right foot on the front of his left and mashed on it. Clearly, if his return was to be determined by protecting his toe, he would have been back Sunday. "The doctors say probably Wednesday," Yao said. "I still need a couple days with the shoe and to get my conditioning." Asked about playing today, Yao said: "I don't know. Maybe." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rockets Retain Hayes, Cut Lucas
The former Kentucky standout was then selected sixth overall in the 2005 NBA Developmental League Draft by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds. In 14 games with Albuquerque, Hayes averaged 11.6 points and a league-leading 12.2 rebounds per game. Also Saturday, the Rockets allowed the second 10-day contract of guard John Lucas III to expire. Lucas, a Houston native and the son of former Rocket John Lucas Jr., averaged 2.3 points and 0.9 assists in 13 games. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Bowen Leaves Game With Irregular Heartbeat
Bowen played 1 minute early in the second quarter before going to the dressing room. No other information was given on his condition. The six-year veteran is averaging 1.8 points in 13.7 minutes per game. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rockets Jan 2006 Archive
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Rockets center Yao Ming traveled with the team to Memphis with signs increasingly pointing toward his returning to the court tonight against the Grizzlies. 
The Houston Rockets have signed forward Chuck Hayes for the rest of this season, extending a 10-day contract that expired on Saturday. The 6-foot-6 Hayes has averaged eight points and eight rebounds in six games since rejoining the team on Jan. 18. Hayes first signed with Houston as a rookie free agent on Oct. 3 but was waived before the regular season.
Houston forward Ryan Bowen left the Rockets' game against Detroit on Sunday after complaining of an irregular heartbeat.