China's giant centre Yao Ming scored 21 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 91-82 win over the New Orleans Hornets.Luis Scola had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who went 1-4 on a recent road trip.
Their lone win came in Los Angeles against the lowly Clippers on November 7.
On Saturday, Houston led nearly the entire game against New Orleans, trailing only once at 1-0.
The Rockets led 70-53 at the end of three quarters. The Rockets limited Hornets star point guard Chris Paul, who entered the game averaging 21.9 points, to 12 points on two field goals in 34 minutes.
Paul shot two-of-10 from the field, scoring his second basket with just 28 seconds to play.
The Rockets used a 15-2 run in the second quarter to jump to a 48-36 edge at halftime. New Orleans went 5:41 without a point while Houston ran off 11 straight.
Yao concluded the run with back-to-back free throws, the first for a three-second violation and the second against Hornets forward James Posey, a former Rocket.
McGrady scored nine points in the first and Scola's six propelled Houston to a 26-21 lead at the end of one period.
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