HOUSTON -- With his team down 3-1 in its first-round playoff matchup against the Warriors, Amen Thompson leaned against the wall and stared out into the gym at Houston's Memorial Hermann training facility, smiling as smooth R&B music hummed in the background.
"[I feel] amazing," he said at the Rockets' morning shootaround Wednesday. "I feel great."
Thompson had just watched the Detroit Pistons stave off elimination against the New York Knicks a night earlier as his twin brother, Ausar, scored 22 points to go with 7 rebounds and 2 blocks.