The Houston Rockets, fresh off a 12 game winning streak, will be without the services of their All-Star Center, Yao Ming, for the remainder of the season.  Yao suffered a stress fracture in his foot and will miss the rest of Houston’s basketball season.

Already sitting in the 7th playoff seed position w/ Yao, the Rockets will be hard-pressed to keep that position.  The Western Conference is already tight as can be; this latest injury will certainly help clarify the playoff positioning.  I guess it’s good to be a Denver Nugget or Golden State Warrior about now (currently 8th & 9th seeds, respectively).

Houston is on it’s way to a 13th straight victory tonight (this one without Yao Ming), but it is against the struggling Wizards, so they should win it with or without Yao.  There’s really no one to step into the Center position except Dikembe Mutombo (he’s like 60 yrs old) and a few Power Forwards.  Fantasy owners of Yao are seriously hurting today… there are virtually no players on the waiver wire who can match Yao’s shooting, rebounding & block stats.

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