Houston Rockets leading scorers Alperen Şengün and Jalen Green combined for just 23 points Monday night in a road contest at the defending-champion Boston Celtics. A pair of unexpected reinforcements ...

Rockets star Alperen Sengun earned the first NBA All-Star selection of his career, only needing one word to react to the news ...

Amen Thompson had the clutch go-ahead bucket and Dillon Brooks made a franchise record-tying 10 3-pointers in the Rockets' ...

The Rockets' two top scorers have a chance to be voted into the NBA All-Star Game, recognition their teammates say both players earned. So we had them pitch it.

I’ve got a lot of injuries from (his childhood) — like everywhere,” the 22-year-old Şengün said. “My arms. My knees. I have ...

After Houston’s 114-112 victory, Brown said Boston entered the game intending to neutralize Jalen Green, Fred VanVleet and Alperen Sengun ... to play through Dillon Brooks and Amen Thompson ...

Then he stomped toward his defender, Dillon Brooks, and gave him a bump ... with 11.8 seconds left, Alperen Sengun shook Celtics center Luke Kornet with a backdoor cut and slid to the rim for ...

and that can be accredited to players like Amen Thompson and Dillon Brooks. However, other players not known for their defensive prowess are also making improvements, especially Alperen Sengun.

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...