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Amen scored 20+ of the Rockets youngest in history, and won Curry s respect after being injured

4:52am, 12 May 2025【Basketball】

In the last game of the first round of the playoffs, the Rockets lost to the Warriors 89-103 at home tiebreak, and were eliminated.

Amen Thompson played for 37 minutes and 10 seconds, made 9 of 16 shots and scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Amen, 22, is the youngest player to score 20 points in the Rockets' tiebreaker game in history.

In this game, Amen not only defended Stephen Curry, but also rushed to the basket in the first three quarters and scored 22 points in person. But in the early part of the fourth quarter, Amen obviously felt uncomfortable when defending Curry, giving Curry a lot of room. The latter quickly hit a three-pointer to help the Warriors gain a 13-point advantage. Amen was also arranged to leave the court, and he was treated with elastic bands and fascia guns on the sidelines. When he returns to the court again, he is powerless to turn things around. After the game, Curry also gave great respect to the opponent and came here to hug him.

Amen averaged 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks in his first playoffs, with a shooting percentage of 49.4%.