Originally published April 9, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified April 10, 2007 at 2:16 PM

Sonics fall to Rockets, 95-90

Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming combined for 58 points, and the Houston Rockets ignored any distraction from a missing teammate to beat the Sonics 95-90 on Monday night.

By Tim Booth

The Associated Press

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Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming combined for 58 points, and the Houston Rockets ignored any distraction from a missing teammate to beat the Seattle SuperSonics 95-90 on Monday night.

McGrady was the offense in the first half, scoring 21 of his 27 points. Yao took control in the second half, with 15 of his 31 in the third quarter. Yao finished 11-for-11 at the free-throw line, and grabbed seven rebounds.

Houston didn't show any affects from the unknown absence of backup guard Bonzi Wells, who didn't join the team for its morning walkthrough and wasn't at the arena Monday night. Before the game, coach Jeff Van Gundy said he hadn't talked to Wells and his concern was that Wells was OK.

Instead, the Rockets won their fourth straight road game and continued to chase Utah for fourth place in the Western Conference. Houston started Monday night a half game back of the Jazz.

Rashard Lewis led Seattle with 20, but Shane Battier's physical defense flustered Seattle's main scoring option. Lewis shot just 6-for-24, missing four consecutive attempts in the fourth quarter when Seattle needed points. Most of those chances were contested by Battier.

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