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Houston returns home Jan. 12 to face Denver.  <P>For more details about Houston's next five games, <B><A href=""" display_sports.cfm?type="NBA"" rockets wwwroot nba.mynbanews.com http:>check out the Rockets 5-Game Outlook. </A></B></P></FONT><BR></FONT></TD> <TR> <TD bgColor=#ffffff style
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NOSEND="1"> <FONT size=2>This week's returns in the NBA All-Star 2002 balloting program are in and Steve Francis remains second among all Western Conference guards in voting. Trailing only Kobe Bryant, Francis <B><A href="http://www.nbateamnews.com/i.cfm?DID=148398&UID=45456540&MID=199151">increased his lead</A></B> over Seattle's Gary Payton in his bid to become a starter on this year's All-Star team. <BR><BR><B><A
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just send us your thoughts and we may post your message in the Fan Forum section on our web site. To see a sampling of responses we've received from Rockets fans throughout the month of December, </FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href=""" rockets http: Fan_Forum_Responses-31191-34.html" fans www.nba.com>click here.</A></FONT></B><BR><BR></P></TD> <TR> <TD bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; BORDER-BOTTOM: #c6c7ce 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #c6c7ce 1px
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