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Minus Yao, Rockets reveal true strength

By Scoop Jackson
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

They call it resilience; we call it something else. The Houston Rockets weren't supposed to reach this stage. Weren't supposed to see a Game 6 against the Lakers. With a roster looking more like the set of "Nurse Jackie," they've found a way to do something practically no one thought was possible. I'm not talking about winning Game 4 -- anyone who knows these Rockets well knows they believed they could win. But discovering who they really were as a squad? That came out of nowhere. Shane Batt ...

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