Insider Intel: Countering Yao

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The Houston Rockets' dismantling of the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of their playoff series included a classic example of a team saving a small, but crucial, adjustment to create an unexpected postseason conundrum for its opponent.

There was some science to it, and it was by the Rockets, but it was by no means rocket science.

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Ric Bucher

NBA Reporter, ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer

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• Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine
• Co-authored "Yao: A Life in Two Worlds"
• Full-time beat writer/NBA analyst since 1992