Rockets, Kobe and Thompson

Rockets Amen Thompson feeling like Kobe after game-winner
HOUSTON — "That was my first game-winner! I feel like Kobe," said 21-year-old Amen Thompson in a quote circulating among Houston sports fans. During Monday night's game against the Celtics, Thompson scored a career-high 33 points on 13-of-19 shooting. The game itself had a playoff atmosphere for several reasons.
Amen Thompson doesn’t need a jump shot to be an NBA star for Rockets
I t wasn’t hard to come up with a list of reasons for why Amen Thompson could bust in the NBA when he entered the 2023 draft. Amen and his twin brother Ausar took a novel path t
Rockets’ Amen Thompson on game winner vs. Celtics: ‘I feel like Kobe’
Amen Thompson produced a career-high 33 points against Boston, and pushes Houston further up the standings, with 31-14 in second place.
Amen Thompson Had Perfect Line After Lifting Rockets to Last-Second Win vs. Celtics
The Houston Rockets stunned the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden on Monday night, courtesy of a last-second go-ahead bucket from Amen Thompson. Thompson used a nasty move to shed the pressure of his defender Jaylen Brown before sinking a fading jump shot from inside the key to give Houston a 114–112 lead with less than one second left.
Amen Thompson, Rockets show they’re for real in win over Celtics: ‘It’s not just a fluke’
BOSTON — Minutes after Amen Thompson sank a game-winning floater, sending thousands of dumbfounded Boston Celtics fans heading for the exits, the Houston Rockets second-year forward made a tiny but loud gesture at his locker.
Amen Thompson does it all for Rockets with triple-double vs. Cavs. 'Dude's just a freak of nature.'
As the Houston Rockets closed in on a second consecutive win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and guard Amen Thompson closed in on his second career triple-double, the Rockets’ resident leader in the stat encouraged Thompson with no fear for his own status.
Highlights from Amen Thompson's Triple-Double
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Cavaliers lose 3rd straight as Rockets' Amen Thompson gets triple-double in 135-131 win
For the first time during what's been an amazing season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have lost three games in a row. The third consecutive defeat came on Saturday night versus the Houston Rockets. Amen Thompson collected a triple-double with 23 points,
Thompson has triple-double as Rockets beat East-leading Cavaliers for second time in week, 135-131
Amen Thompson logs second career triple-double as Rockets defeat Cleveland
Amen Thompson w/ his 2nd career triple-double: 23p, 14r, 10a Jalen Green & Alperen Sengun each with 26p. Houston now 30-14, remain 2nd in the West. @SportsTalk790 The Detroit Pistons’ 107-96 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday was Ausar’s first NBA win against Amen.
Rockets wing Amen Thompson could be 'Dennis Rodman with offense'
As the Rockets rise out West, Amen Thompson delivers another triple-double and has developed into an X-factor in Houston.
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Amen Thompson, Reed Sheppard to represent Rockets in NBA’s Rising Stars event
Amen Thompson (sophomores) and Reed Sheppard (G League) will represent the Rockets in the NBA’s Rising Stars challenge at its ...
Victor Wembanyama, Amen Thompson Headline 2025 NBA Rising Stars Game Player Pool
The San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama and Houston Rockets' Amen Thompson headlined the pool of NBA sophomores, rookies and ...
The Amen Thompson Era Has Arrived In Houston
Amen Thompson has become Houston’s most dynamic player, showing his full talents in a career-best night against the Celtics.
Rockets' Amen Thompson hits game-winner, Dillon Brooks sinks 10 3-pointers in comeback victory over Celtics
Houston's January surge continued as they overcame a 12-point fourth quarter deficit to sink the Celtics in Boston ...
Amen Thompson's First NBA Game Winner 'Feels Like Kobe Bryant' In Rockets Victory Over Celtics
Thompson had pulled the Rockets ahead at 112-110 with an easy dunk before Jayson Tatum tied the game again with 5.3 seconds ...
Thompson hits game-winning shot and scores 33 points as Rockets rally past Celtics 114-112
Amen Thompson hit a game-winning floater with 0.7 seconds left and finished with 33 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a ...
Dillon Brooks, Amen Thompson net career highs in points to lead Rockets past Celtics
Brooks smashed his career high with 36 points, while Thompson had a career-high 33, including the winning shot in the final ...
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Drafted as point guard, Amen Thompson transitions into elite rebounder for Rockets
I really didn’t start to do that until I got to the league, to be honest,” Amen Thompson says of his elite rebounding as a ...