Houston Rockets second-year forward Amen Thompson was selected for the NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge on Tuesday, an unsurprising development for the 21-year-old who has become a league-wide sensation.

Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor and 3-time NBA champion Danny Green look at Thompson's January surge and explore similarities with a former Finals MVP. Hear the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts,

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.

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

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 produced a career-high 33 points against Boston, and pushes Houston further up the standings, with 31-14 in second place.

With just seconds remaining in a bout with Boston, second-year guard Amen Thompson grabbed the inbound, sliced up the middle of the floor and stepped-back over Jaylen Brown for a jumper. The shot fell true with just 0.