"We need to face the reality and prepare actively rather than just sit here and complain."
The 2.26m (7-foot-6) Yao, who was averaging 22 points and 10.8 rebounds per game this season, will miss the remainder of the NBA season and the playoffs with a stress fracture in his left foot, Houston general manager Daryl Morey announced yesterday.
Houston media called the injury "devastating" for a team that just extended its winning streak to 13, its best such streak in 14 years.
In a poll conducted by Internet portal Sina.com, 50 percent of participants say the Rockets won't go beyond the first round of the playoffs and another 20 percent believe the team won't even make it that far.
The Rockets said Yao was expected to be sidelined for three to four months, and only then would he begin full rehabilitation training.
That would leave Yao with only a month or two to regain match fitness for the August 8-24 Games, a tight schedule for the man China hopes will lead its team to a top-six finish at the Games.
"When we heard about Yao's injury, we felt shocked and concerned just like all the basketball fans in China," national team manager Bai Xilin said. "We can totally understand how he feels right now and we hope he'll remain positive and optimistic while receiving treatment."
According to Rockets physician Tom Clanton, Yao has two possible treatments for his injury. He could undergo surgery, which would involve placing screws across the bone between his ankle and foot to hold it together. The recovery time from surgery is expected to be four months.
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