January 27, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; The Houston Rockets striker Dillon Brooks (9), the striker Amen Thompson (1) and goalkeeper Jalen Green (4) react after beating the Boston Celtics in a NBA match at TD Garden. Compulsory credit: David Butler II-IMAGN images
Amen Thompson made a winning floater with 1.3 seconds to polish a career evening, raising Houston’s Rockets visiting a 114-112 victory against the Boston Celtics in the short term in the NBA on Monday evening.
Thompson’s bucket in the way gave him a 33 -point career summit. He also finished with 10 rebounds and four assists to help Houston win a victory in the return of coach Ime Udoka to Boston, where he was at the helm during the 2021-222 season.
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Payton Pritchard had a last chance to win the match for the Celtics, but his full lifting of the buzzer found only the top of the backboard.
Dillon Brooks resulted in a career summit of 10 3 points en route to a 36 -point top for the Rockets, which won despite 12 points in the fourth quarter. Jalen Green added 12 points and Alperen Sengun scored 11.
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Jaylen Brown led Boston with 28 points. The Celtics received 19 points from Jayson Tatum, who did all his scoring in the second half. Luke Kornet finished with 18 points and seven rebounds, and Pritchard made five points of 3 points and added 15 points.
Tatum, who participated in the competition with an average of a summit of 27.1 points per game, was 0 for 5 on the field during the first two quarters. He equaled the match at 112 with 5.3 seconds to play before Thompson’s heroism.
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The Celtics played without two of their best 3 -point shooters, because Derrick White (Shin Contribution) and Sam Hauser (hip impact) were both excluded by injuries. In addition, Al Horford (toe) was scratched a few minutes before the opening tip.
Houston used a sequence of 14-0 to take an advance of 29-22 with 1:15 to play in the first quarter and had an advantage of 31-27 after 12 minutes of play. The Rockets extended their advance at 50 -39 on a pointer of 3 Fred Vanvleet with 4:12 to do in the first half, but Boston was less than two points, 54-52, at the intermission.
Boston increased by 87-85 after Tatum made three free throws with 38.8 seconds to do in the third quarter and had an advance of 89-85 entering the fourth. The advantage of the Celtics inflated to 12 points with 8:38 to play, but Houston scored the following 13 to take the lead with 5:23 on the left. –Field level
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