Amen Thompson shared a laugh with Dillon Brooks during his postgame interview on the TD Garden floor after he sank a floater in the closing seconds to seal Houston’s 114-112 victory over the Celtics on Monday.
The 21-year-old forward smiled as Brooks told him he knew the shot was going in. Thompson said he could feel it too, although he had never hit an NBA game-winner before. He brought up an old Celtics nemesis as he described how the triumph felt.
“It felt great. I knew it was going in off rip,” Thompson said.