{"id":129451,"date":"2025-03-18T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=129451"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:44:35","slug":"houston-rockets-star-amen-thompson-major-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/18\/houston-rockets-star-amen-thompson-major-injury-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets Star Receives Major Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a rough patch in February and the beginning of March, the Houston Rockets<\/a> are turning it around at the perfect time. The Rockets are on a seven-game winning streak and are the No. 2 seed in the West once again. With less than a month left in the season, the Rockets are in a great spot to make a playoff run this year. What makes their recent stretch even more impressive is that young star Amen Thompson<\/a>, who has missed the last five games due to a foot injury. At the time, reports indicated he would miss 10-to-14 days. Based on the latest reports, it seems like the 22-year-old is set to make his return soon.<\/p>\n

On Monday, head coach Ime Udoka<\/a> provided a Thompson injury update. According to Udoka, Thompson will travel with the team ahead of their two-game Florida road trip. Additionally, Udoka said he could return as soon as Friday against the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he does that, could be Miami, could be when we get back (from the road trip),\u201d Udoka said<\/a>. \u201cSwelling has gone down, pain\u2019s gone down. Flexibility, mobility has gone up, and he\u2019s just got to go through a contact portion. Once he does that we\u2019re going to see how he reacts to that and he\u2019ll be good to go after. So hopefully, sooner than later.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Houston Rockets Star Amen Thompson Receives Major Injury Update<\/h2>\n

Amen Thompson’s Season So Far<\/h3>\n

Thompson is enjoying a breakout year<\/a> in his second NBA season. Through 60 games, he is averaging 14 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.3 blocks. He is also shooting 55.3% from the field. Additionally, the California native earned the Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month award in January.<\/p>\n

The second-year pro is playing great basketball, and his teammates have noticed. Veteran big man Steven Adams<\/a> praised Thompson and called him “one of the best athletes that I’ve seen.”<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s definitely one of the best athletes that I\u2019ve seen. Dude\u2019s just a freak of nature,\u201d Adams said<\/a>. \u201cYou\u2019ll see his body language and he looks out of position so visually you\u2019re like, \u2018OK, he\u2019s not \u2013\u2019 and then somehow he just springs. I don\u2019t know, it just looks weird. He\u2019s standing off, right, and then he\u2019s right there getting a block. You\u2019re like boy, what the f\u2014. All right, dude.\u201d Thompson\u2019s 6-foot-7 frame and speed are only part of the equation, Adams said. \u201cHis ability to read the body language and understand what\u2019s a fake and what\u2019s not, it\u2019s a very overlooked skill,\u201d Adams said. \u201cHe has it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Last Word On Amen Thompson’s Injury<\/h3>\n

Getting Thompson back will be huge for Houston. While they are a good team even without him, he elevates them to another level on both sides of the ball. He is very versatile and can make an impact any time he steps on the court. While not official, the Rockets are likely going to clinch a playoff spot very soon. The Rockets have not made the playoffs since 2020. However, as it stands, it looks like they will stop this drought this year.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a rough patch in February and the beginning of March, the Houston Rockets are turning it around at the perfect time. The Rockets are on a seven-game winning streak and are the No. 2 seed in the West once again. With less than a month left in the season, the Rockets are in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":129456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,31,62,3],"tags":[4703,4745],"class_list":["post-129451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-rockets","category-nba","category-news","tag-amen-thompson","tag-nba-injuries"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129457,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129451\/revisions\/129457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}