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Van Gundy's motive? Keeping Yao (happy)

By Ric Bucher
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, May 5, 2005

Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy has gone to unusually extreme measures to challenge the legitimacy of Yao Ming's foul trouble. What no one has asked – or answered – is why? The presumptive explanation is that the Rockets have lost three games in a row to the Mavericks after taking a surprising, and commanding, 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Coaches routinely challenge the officiating in such circumstances, right? Van Gundy simply took it too far, indicating he had inside knowledge ...

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