Yao Ming out for rest of playoffs with left foot hairline fracture!

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Rockets center Yao Ming has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2009 NBA Playoffs after further diagnostic procedures conducted today revealed a small hairline fracture in his left foot. The finding is in addition to the earlier diagnosis of a left ankle sprain that he sustained during Friday night’s 108-94 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals playoff series. While no surgery is needed, the expected recovery timeline is between eight to 12 weeks.

From a sprained ankle?

I'm a Lakers fan but this makes me sad. The guy works so hard and plays with a ton of heart but his body fails him.

He did play an extraordinary amount of games for him as he was also in the Olympics too.

This is sad news. :(

Oh crap...there goes my 30 bucks. :lol

ESPN just said it was a fractured ankle..

Yao has a hairline fracture in his foot. Season over.

The Rockets are gone.

that really sucks

wanting a team to lose and wanting a team to get injured are completely diff.

rip 09 rocks

oh ****. this series is over.


damn it.

They just mentioned it in the Cavs-Hawks broadcast, the injury is a hairline fracture, not a sprain, and he's out for the rest of the playoff. Laker take it in 5.

Very sad news. Hopefully he makes a full recovery and comes back strong next season.

I am going to chalk this injury up to bad Karma from the Blazer/Rocket series where iTruWarrior (#1 Yao nut hugger) was wishing bodily injury on Oden.

Great news for Laker fans...:mad:

Damn, this sucks man. Looks like Yao is going to be plagued by foot injuries his whole career. Such a shame.

This is series is over. Damn, I really wanted to the Rockets to beat the Lakers. :mad:

Well that's a lame end to what was looking like the most exciting second round series.

ESPN said it was a hairline fracture.

Yao should just retire, there's no point doing this every year. Him being able to walk for the rest of his life is more important than ball, and it's really starting to screw over the Rockets at this point as well.

[QUOTE=Kevin_Garnett_5]Great news for Laker fans...:mad:[/QUOTE]

not really...

Sucks for the Rockets. I never like to see a guy get hurt, even the ones I hate, but especially somebody like Yao. At least it should be easier work for the Lake Show to wrap things up.

I'm glad we beat them at home before this so the haters don't say we got lucky..

Duplicate thread.

d2mn, I wanted the Rockets to be 100% to prepare the Lakers for the finals.

Captain obvious to the rescue

[QUOTE=YAWN]not really...[/QUOTE] I'm not saying you're happy he got injured, but it does help you tremendously in this series...

my heart would drop right now if i was a rockets fan...sypathy for Yao, he doesnt deserve it. O Well, looks like a Den vs LA western conference finals after all.

Howard > Yao

[QUOTE=Juges8932]At least it should be easier work for the Lake Show to wrap things up.[/QUOTE]
It should be but we know how the Lakers like to take their foot off the pedal. This where they need to show how they've improved over last year.

[QUOTE=SCY]Yao should just retire, there's no point doing this every year. Him being able to walk for the rest of his life is more important than ball, and it's really starting to screw over the Rockets at this point as well.[/QUOTE]
He mentioned before he might retire at Age 30.

But hes such a big guy that these injuries are usually devastating considering his feet support his huge 7'6 frame.

[QUOTE=SCY]Yao should just retire, there's no point doing this every year. Him being able to walk for the rest of his life is more important than ball, and [/QUOTE]


I actually think it is a pretty decent idea. Yao is simply too big. People as tall as him usually can't even walk. Yao having become the player he has is a once in a lifetime thing. (Not only in his lifetime, but in ours as well.)

I would think about retiring if I was him. Maybe not now but I wouldn't play after 30 if I were him.

Damn it Yao. You couldn't make it thru ONE whole season?

I wanted you to knock the Lakers out for me. Damnit

Rocket weren't gonna win anyway.

Who do the Rockets turn to now with Mutombo and now Yao injured? Landry? Hayes? The Rockets are in trouble. With no legit 7 footers left on the Rockets, Phil Jackson should start to play Bynum a little more. He needs to gain some confidence going into the conference finals and this is the perfect time to do so.

for his own his own sake, he should probably retire. the human body just isnt designed to take nba pounding on a frame like his

[QUOTE=KenneBell]It should be but we know how the Lakers like to take their foot off the pedal. This where they need to show how they've improved over last year.[/QUOTE]

Agreed.

Yao will probably retire after his contract is up. Sad...

What a shame!! Yao Ming is one of my favorite NBA player to watch. This is horrible....! What a sucky day!!

Man, it must be sad to be a Rockets fan. Yao and T-Mac going down every year... Hang in there Rockets fan..

[QUOTE=konex]Yao will probably retire after his contract is up. Sad...[/QUOTE]
i dont know why, but im just gonna blame you konex.

[B]Is Bryant the luckiest NBA Player Ever? :wtf: :rolleyes:

Yes We Shall Admit to that :confusedshrug: [/B]

Damn this sucks. The guy plays with a ton of heart and gives it his all every second hes out there. Also, this series was shaping to be a very entertaining one... now not so much.

This ****ing sucks.....I really thought this would be the year where the rockets and yao go deep in the playoffs.

Wow...I did not see this coming...that sucks.

[QUOTE=Allstar24]Wow...I did not see this coming...that sucks.[/QUOTE]
i was worried after i saw him limping last night, but i thought it was his knee....

anyways, lakers fans have been pretty classy this post season, much better then years past. appreciate it, and gl the rest of the playoffs.