这是场被渲染得有些煽情的联盟最佳中锋之间的对决，因为比赛完结之后回味一下你会觉得过程是那么的平淡，远不如个把月前姚明和年迈的鲨鱼之间的缠斗来得刺激——奥尼尔出乎意料地摧枯拉朽，火箭大失水准地遇弱不强。霍华德21分11个篮板，姚明19分17个篮板，就攻防两端来看似乎姚明略占上风，不过霍华德却从休斯敦偷走了胜利，他的球队走出了对西南球队两连败的泥潭。
火箭继续输球，姚明继续郁闷，麦蒂继续受伤。这也就是为什么说这场比赛像一杯凉开水而不是一壶烈酒，还值得球迷在赛后再去讨论去回味的原因。球队连败像一种习惯，姚明继续郁闷不过似乎也因为没有新意而被媒体转移开了自己的摄像机镜头，麦蒂继续受伤更是让球迷失去开口谴责的力气。
这么平淡的环境下，姚明的生涯得分7000大关和篮板赛季最高这本该大书特书的双喜在这样的大环境下显得刺眼却不协调。胜利本身能够说明一切，尤其对目前陷入低估的火箭来说胜利更像春雨一般难求。不过姚明突破大关、破了记录还是没能带领火箭拿到胜利，就好像高考作文满分，语文总成绩不及格那般尴尬。
横向比较一下，詹姆斯过9000分的时候，他正带领着骑士和雄鹿进行两个加时的对抗，最终他赢得了胜利，让自己在9000分的里程碑上身形伟岸，盛气凌人；科比结束和公牛的比赛后已经拿到19940分，距离20000只剩60分，按照目前的状态，他很可能在对阵76人或者尼克斯的时候迎来自己的20000分大关，关键的是似乎那时候湖人的胜算也很大。因为如今的湖人全民皆兵，并试着延续两连胜的脚步。
一个核心的境况总是所在球队的缩影，姚明可以与詹姆斯科比同在一个行列，但他却忍受着球队带给自己远于上边二人的重压，这在旁人看来是难以承受的。
纵向比较一下，7次千分关口，火箭输了三次。但这次来得打击应该比前两次强烈。不知道姚明会不会在更衣室记者的围追堵截下开始选择沉默而取代前边的他认为有用的解释，激励以及抱怨。真的那样，火箭的前途继续一片灰暗。
还好在个人对决上赢了霍华德，这是个安慰姚明的方法。但阿Q精神疗法用多了，就没什么效果了。
Yao Ming, Basketball Player
Born: 12 September 1980
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Best Known As: Extra-tall Chinese basketball star
Yao was drafted by the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2002, and later that year became only the third Chinese national ever to play in the NBA. Yao was already famous, and famously tall: at 7'5" (2.26 meters) he towered over even most professional players, and he had played for China's national team in the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2002 FIBA World Championships. He also played five seasons with the Shanghai Sharks of the China Basketball Association.
Yao wears uniform #11... Both of Yao's parents played for the national basketball teams of China; his mother, Fang Feng Di, is 6'3" tall and his father Yao Zhi Yuan is 6'7"... Previous Chinese players in the NBA were Wang ZhiZhi, who joined the Dallas Mavericks in 2001, and Mengke (or Menk) Bateer, who joined the Denver Nuggets in 2001... The tallest man in modern recorded history was 8'11" Robert Wadlow.
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/yao_ming/index.html