Rockets guard Bonzi Wells did not practice on Thursday while recovering from Wednesday's root canal surgery and will not play tonight in Little Rock, Ark.

"It's been a series of setbacks," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "When he's available, we'll try to get him in shape and see where that takes us. It hurts him more than it hurts the team to try to carve out what he wants as far as minutes."

Rockets center Yao Ming said he is on target to return to practices "next week," roughly one week after his left big toenail was removed on Monday.