Rockets 86 Pistons 80

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=231206010

    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">-- Yao Ming showed Detroit's Elden Campbell something different on the way to the first 20-20 game of Yao's NBA career.

    "I've never seen him take a hook shot before. I had him where I wanted him, away from the basket, but he was still hitting his shots," Campbell said after Yao scored 22 points and grabbed 20 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to an 86-80 victory over the Pistons on Saturday night.

    Yao, who has scored in double figures in all 19 of Houston's games, recorded his 11th double-double of the season while surpassing his previous career-high in rebounds by one.

    Steve Francis contributed a season-high 11 assists, Maurice Taylor and Cuttino Mobley each had 14 points, Kelvin Cato scored 13 and Jim Jackson 10 for Houston.

    Mehmet Okur led Detroit with a season-high 21 points off the bench, followed by Richard Hamilton with 17, Chauncey Billups with 11 and Tayshaun Prince with 10.
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    A few reasons why Pistons lost this game

    1-Yao Ming completely dominated the game on both ends of the court
    2-Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton both didn't turn up.Pistons don't win games against real good teams when these two both don't play to their talents.

    Proof of that

    Detroit is 10-1 when Billups scores 20 or more points
     

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