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By Chris Duncan / The Bulletin
April 30, 2009
HOUSTON — The strategy seems simple enough: Pass the ball to Yao Ming.
Once again, the Portland Trail Blazers shut off that option for the Houston Rockets and stayed alive in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Yao scored 15 points — but only two in the fourth....