ROTATION: Starters -- Point guard Aaron Brooks, Shooting guard Ron Artest, Small forward Shane Battier, Power forward Luis Scola, Center Yao Ming. Bench -- Guard Kyle Lowry, Guard Von Wafer, Center Dikembe Mutombo, Guard Brent Barry, forward Chuck Hayes.
PLAYER NOTES: --C Yao Ming scored 17 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter and overtimes, making 13-of-22 shots, getting 14 rebounds and four blocked shots.
--G Ron Artest scored 26 points, putting in a pair of drives early in the second overtime to help take the Rockets to a 10-point lead, their largest of the night. He made 11-of-24 shots.
--G Aaron Brooks scored 14 points, making 4-of-8 shots, and made four free throws in the closing seconds to ice the win.
MEDICAL WATCH:
--Carl Landry (gunshot wound, left leg) is out.
--Tracy McGrady (left knee surgery) is out.
--Joey Dorsey (plantar fasciitis) is out.
