Houston Rockets center Yao Ming broke a bone in his left foot
during Monday night's game at Utah and will miss the team's last
four games of the NBA season.
Yao suffered the injury late in the first quarter. After scoring
a basket, he came down on another player's foot.
He missed the second quarter as he had the foot examined and
never returned.
The Rockets lost to the Jazz 85-83.
The 7-foot-6 Yao, who was averaging 22.6 points and 10.3
rebounds this season, had five points, two rebounds and a block in
8:09 before leaving the game.
Houston, who has already been eliminated from playoff
contention, is still without All-Star and team leading scorer Tracy
McGrady, who is out for the rest of the season with a back
injury.
(Xinhua News Agency April 11, 2006)
