Houston Rockets land in Manila, Philippines

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We will make many references this week to how great Manila

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As often as the Rockets had heard of the great passion for basketball in The Philippines, they found that enthusiasm expressed differently than they had expected after other overseas trips.

They could not move unnoticed. When they were boarding busses near the Mall of Asia, fans were shrieking as if attending an early Beatles concert. But fans also kept their distance.

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The Rockets, however, had a plan. They ran their first play of the game to get Lin and open 3-pointer and he drilled it. Before long, Lin offered his full repertoire of highlights, from 3-pointers to drives to the rim, steals on one end and alley-oop dishes on the other, the Rockets led for all but a few moments on their way to a second-consecutive Global Games rout of the Pacers, 107-98.