Houston dominant

Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets looked very dominant on the road against the Portland Trailblazers in their 108-81 victory. Yao scored 24 points on 9-9 shooting from the floor and 6-6 from the free throw line. Another miraculous aspect of his night was that he only played 24 minutes. After slight foul trouble early in the 2nd half, coach Rick Adelman decided to sit Yao. Adelman basically didn't require Yao's services after that point with the game seemingly out of reach. Starting point guard Aaron Brooks had a strong night as well posting 27 points and 7 assists. Ron Artest was a pest defensively as he had the task of guarding all-star Brandon Roy of the Trailblazers. Artest did a sound job up front with effective team defense to help limit Roy to 21 points on 10-23 shooting from the floor. Roy was much if not all of the scoring presence from Portland on this night. Game 2 of this series is April, 21 10:00 p.m. ET