According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, the Rockets are frustrated with the way that officials are allowing the Blazers to play Yao Ming.

?They were very physical,? coach Rick Adelman said. ?They put their hands on him. They wrestled with him from the top of the key all the way down. It?s up to us to have more patience, to move the ball more. It?s up to him to understand what they?re doing and counter it. ... If the officials are going to allow them to manhandle him like they did, we?ve got to find an answer for that.?

Added Yao: ?I know coach has complained to the league for me. I just have to do my job.?

Adelman said the whistles were inconsistent.

?In the first six minutes, they must have called seven or eight fouls on both teams,? he said. ?Hand-checking, everything else. Then it was like, ?Let?s don?t call anything else the rest of the game.? ?