Amen Thompson (21 PTS) & Jabari Smith Jr. (26 PTS) Were Cooking! | October 14, 2025
The Rockets defeated the Pelicans, 130-128 tonight in New Orleans. Jabari Smith Jr. finished with a team-high 26 points along with 5 rebounds and 4 three pointers for the Rockets, while Amen Thompson tallied 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the game. Jeremiah Fears recorded 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. The Rockets improve their record to 3-0 with the win, while the Pelicans fall to 2-1 for the season.
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28 Comments
King amen
amen is him
Mark my words, one day Amen Thompson will devleop a jumpshot, and will become a hall of famer. As a warriors fan, man, he has a lot of potential and caused tons of problems in the series. Thoughts? 👁
Jabari 🥹
Amen was 9/9 from the ft line and 2/3 from 3, he’s Ben Simmons with Kobe’s work ethic
Homer commentators 😴
Amen and Jabari are such big upcoming talents for the league, along with Sengun who has the potential to finish his career being a top 10 center ever. the Rockets are the next dynasty
Why stop at 47? Why don’t you put the whole team on there if you’re combining points
These commentators put me to sleep
Amen is shooting 4-6 on threes in the preseason and was 9-9 from the free-throw line against the Pels. Hopefully, this starts to put to bed the whole "he can't shoot and never will" narrative.
That Jabari extension is such a bargain for the Rockets.
The Rockets are going to dominate not only this season, but many to come.
can't help but notice how strong steven adams is from pushing away Zion so easily
Amen Today: 21 points 5 rebounds 3 assists (5/8fg 2/3 3pt, 9/9ft) plus a takedown as well 😂
Amen shot 12% his rookie season. I think 27% last season. If he gets to just 33-34% this year all while maintaining his defensive dominance and taking on more offensive duties with FVV out, he's gonna be a true MIP candidate.
Jabari has been learning from KD
Amen Thompson I said he is like Kawhi+Giannis now definitely it looks he developed the 3 and mid range and his form is looking way better hopefully him and Kd also workout but him with a jumpshot is like a player who could get MVP’s and be like a top 5-15 all time with a jumpshot
Amen, jabari and sengun is the future for Rockets. They Just need to add 1 superstar next to them after KD era. With these 3 this team compete in WCF for years.
Jabari and Amen are the best duo
WTH happened to the Houston broadcast for this game??
Jabari gonna cook now that Jalen out
wow
harden is a beast
If you ask me, Jabari is the X-factor for the Rockets this year. With VanVleet absent, their starting PG position in question, and the very big contract he got, I want to see him fulfill a bigger role this season. Amen's jump shot looks decent, but I'm still skeptical right now.
Even without KD, Houston was gonna be nice. I know there is a sense of urgency to win big but they have all of the foundation to be great team. They have a top 5 center in Sengun and still has room for improvement. They have a player in JSJ who can literally do anything on the court but needs to be more consistent but also very young. They have a player with superstar level potential in Amen Thompson. They have a bunch of modern role players that fit the team they envision while also being young enough to improve. Being quite honest, they are way above schedule for this rebuild.
RESPECT TARI @NBA
oh wow
What an absolutely atrocious commentator.