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The Portland Trail Blazers may want to rethink their plan on how they defend Yao Ming. (AP Images)

Yao hit all nine of his shots and all six of his free throw attempts, and the Houston Rockets went on to win 108-81 Saturday night in the first game of the best-of-seven playoff series.

The Rockets and Blazers meet again tonight at the Rose Garden with the Blazers listed as 5.5-point favorites.

Joel Przybilla was assigned to Yao at the start of the game and was no match. Then Greg Oden also got a chance with Houston's big man and that did not seem to work either.

The Rockets also got 27 points and seven assists from Aaron Brooks, while Luis Scola had 19 points and Ron Artest had 17.

The Blazers went 34-7 at the Rose Garden during the regular season, so you have to figure they will come out on a mission tonight. For the best NBA lines head over to the Bodog online sportsbook.