Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (11) and guard Bob Sura (3) celebrate in the final seconds of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, Monday, April 25, 2005, in Dallas. The Rockets won 113-111. [Photo]

　　From his promising days in high school to his disappointing nights in Orlando, Tracy McGrady tried to pattern his multifaceted game after childhood idol Magic Johnson.

　　McGrady never had a problem scoring lots of points, surpassing even the Hall of Fame point guard. But he needs to do much more winning to justify such a comparison.

　　To find that success, McGrady would need his own Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or at least some reasonable facsimile.

　　McGrady may have found his prodigious partner in 7-foot-6 center Yao Ming, who finally delivered on his half of the preseason hype and hope surrounding the pairing. McGrady and Yao led the Houston Rockets over the Dallas Mavericks 113-111 Monday for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

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