Houston Rockets wing and second-year player Amen Thompson has been showing why he can be more than a mere contributor to an NBA team. Thompson competed with the USA Basketball Select Team over the summer,

He’s been one of the best, if not the best, guy on the court a lot of times,” Rockets head coach Ime Udoka says of practices with Amen Thompson.

For this game, Fred VanVleet and Steven Adams were given a break, which led to Amen Thompson starting at point guard. Despite a slow start for the Rockets, they were able to pull out their first win of the preseason after Jack McVeigh tied the game at the buzzer,