The Rockets won the game 100-97 behind a combined 48 points and 19 rebounds from Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green. Rookie Amen Thompson added nine points, nine rebounds and six assists before he was ejected in the fourth quarter following a really hard foul on Giannis Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo said he believes that plays like the one Amen Thompson made on him at the end of Tuesday night's matchup are simply part of the game. "At the end of the day like you don't wanna to have a league that's soft,

I understand like when you’re a competitor, you’re gonna make mistakes like that,” Giannis Antetokounmpo says of Amen Thompson’s flagrant-two foul.