If it's true that the Nets need a big game from Devin Harris in order to win, Monday's 114-91 loss to the Rockets at the IZOD Center was exhibit A. Harris was in foul trouble early and scored just 10 points on 2-9 shooting. It was his lowest scoring output of the season and Vince Carter matched him with 10 points on 5-15 from the floor. As a team, the Nets shot just 6-25 in the first quarter and were down 29-13 at the end of the period. The Houston lead ballooned to 23 midway through the second quarter and it was at 21 at halftime. The Nets played them even for most of the second half, but never made a real dent in the Houston lead. Keyon Dooling led the Nets with 17 points and five assists, but the Nets shot just 41 percent for the game. Yao Ming had 24 points and 16 boards for the Rockets while countryman and Team China comrade Yi Jianlian had 10 points and 7 rebounds. The game was covered by more than two dozen Chinese media outlets and seen by perhaps as many as a quarter billion people in China. Bobby Simmons and Stromile Swift were both unavailable for personal reasons while Jarvis Hayes was out after suffering a mild concussion Saturday.
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Game Highlights: Rockets 114, Nets 91 (Video) - NBA.com
- Yao Ming gets best of Yi as Rockets dominate Nets - Tom Canavan - AP
- Yao dominates Yi in Rockets' 114-91 victory over Nets - David Waldstein - Star-Ledger
- Yi struggling with consistency as Yao comes to town - David Waldstein - Star-Ledger
- Slideshow: Houston Rockets 114, New Jersey Nets 91 - Bill Kostroun - AP
- Brooks runs circles around Nets - Jonathan Feigen - Houston Chronicle
- Post Game Plus (Video) - Nancy Newman - YES Network
- Lawrence Frank Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- From the Booth (Video) - Marv Albert & Mike Fratello - YES Network
- Vince Carter Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Nets look lost again at home - Al Iannazzone - The Nets Insider
- Bow to Yao - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- China Watching as Nets Fall at Home - Jonathan Abrams - New York Times
- Yi flops vs Yao as Rockets rout Nets - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
- Nets starve their fans again - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- With China Watching, Yao Dominates Nets - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
- 'And starting at point guard, for your Houston Rockets...' - Jonathan Feigen - Houston Chronicle
- Steal of the Night: Trenton Hassel (video) - NBA.com
- Photo Gallery: Houston Rockets down NJ Nets 114-91 - Xinhua
- Photo Gallery: Rockets 114, Nets 91 - Nathaniel S. Butler - NBA