Bab 441: Chapter 296 Will That Day Ever Come?

February 15, that was the last day of games before the All-Star Weekend arrived.

The Bucks would face the Rockets at home.

What made this game interesting was that this year's All-Star Weekend was to be held in Houston, the Rockets' home turf. As a strong team in the Western Conference, the Rockets had a grueling seven-game battle with the Mavericks in the first round last year and were knocked out.

This season, as the second season of the Yao-McGrady duo, they had even higher expectations.

However, their momentum had been interrupted by an injury to Yao Ming.

In mid-December of the previous year, Yao Ming, who had been like an iron man since entering the NBA, suffered a severe foot injury and missed 20 games. During that period, the Rockets won only 6 out of 20 games, putting them at the bottom of the Western Conference.