HOUSTON (AP) -- Yao Ming had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Shane Battier scored a season-high 19 points as the Houston Rockets beat the New Jersey Nets 114-88 on Tuesday night.
Von Wafer scored 19 points and Ron Artest added 18 for the Rockets, who outrebounded New Jersey 56-30 and set season highs in 3-point field goals (15) and assists (27) in their sixth straight win over the Nets.
Artest started in place of Tracy McGrady, who sat out for the second straight game and the 19th time this season with an injury. McGrady said just before the All-Star break that he would take an indefinite leave to seek input from doctors on the best course of treatment for his troublesome left knee.
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