Houston Rockets leading scorers Alperen Åžengün and Jalen Green combined for just 23 points Monday night in a road contest at the defending-champion Boston Celtics. A pair of unexpected reinforcements led Ime Udoka's squad in a marquee 114-112 victory.
In a surprising turn of events, the Boston Celtics fell to the Houston Rockets 114-112 on Monday night, as Dillon Brooks lit up the court with a career-high 10 triples. The unexpected offensive explosion from Brooks shocked the Celtics, leaving stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown to acknowledge the improbable performance.
Jaylen Brown is paying tribute to a former Boston Celtics vice president who died of brain cancer in 2023. The Celtics also paid homage.
The reigning NBA Finals MVP is averaging 23.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game for the Celtics, who sit second in the Eastern Conference.
Jaylen Brown joined Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum as an Eastern Conference All-Star on Thursday night with the wing selected as a reserve by NBA coaches.
The Houston Rockets defeated the Boston Celtics 114-112 with an Amen Thompson game-winner. Thompson had 33 points while Dillon Brooks scored 36 with a career-high 10 three-pointers.
Boston nearly pulled off a great win, but fell for the seventh time this season after leading by at least 10 points.
The versatile guard is named to the Western Conference reserves; teammate Norman Powell is not despite averaging a team-best 24 points per game.
The Spurs' Victor Wembanyama and the Rockets' Alperen Sengun were among six first-timers named to the NBA All-Star Game on Thursday, when the league announced the reserves.
At the beginning of the season, Maxey, Joel Embiid and Paul George were all expected to be among the players selected.
For the second year in a row, the NBA All-Star Game will not feature a player from the Chicago Bulls. Zach LaVine — a two-time All-Star in 2021 and ’22 — was passed over Thursday for a reserve spot in the Eastern Conference despite ranking 10th in the East in scoring (24 points per game) and shooting 51.