With the Rockets clinging to the seventh seed, Yao Ming suffered a stress fracture in his foot and will miss the rest of the season. Houston holds a three game lead over the ninth place Nuggets, with the Warriors in between. Both teams could leave the Rockets with a lottery pick.
The NBA playoffs look to be shaping up to be on of the most exciting in recent history. The East has the top two teams in the league in Boston and Detroit. Third seed Orlando would be the eight seed if they played in the West. With the Lakers on top, and Kobe happy, it is looking more likely that fans could be looking at a rekindling of an old rivalry…Lakers v. Celtics.
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The Rockets may have been dealt a deathblow with losing Yao. Even if they make a birth in the playoffs they won’t go anywhere.
They won’t be able to really compete without Yao.