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 HOUSTON (AP) - Yao Ming offered to pick up half of Jeff Van Gundy's $100,000 fine. Dikembe Mutombo planned to call an old friend on his coach's behalf. A local furniture tycoon has even sought to cover the full amount of Van Gundy's NBA-record penalty for a coach.
And wisecracking fans keep sending boxes of 100 Grand candy bars to his Houston home.
Once an outsider from New York, the irascible Rockets coach has become an unlikely rallying point in his new hometown.
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