{"id":180372,"date":"2026-03-08T11:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=180372"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:35:21","slug":"all-eyes-on-amen-thompson-in-spurs-rockets-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/03\/08\/all-eyes-on-amen-thompson-in-spurs-rockets-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"All Eyes on Amen Thompson in Spurs-Rockets Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Rockets play the San Antonio Spurs for the final time this regular season on Sunday night. The two teams are second (Spurs) and third (Rockets) in the Western Conference standings<\/a>. The last time they met, a Spurs adjustment turned young Rockets star Amen Thompson<\/a> into a major offensive liability<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Do they have a counter in place this time around?<\/p>\n

Can Rockets Adjust to Spurs’ Amen Thompson Strategy?<\/h2>\n

The Rockets and Spurs last played one another in late January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In that game, San Antonio employed a second-half strategy of defending Houston’s Thompson with their own (even more pronounced) genetic anomaly, Victor Wembanyama<\/a>. The 6-foot-7 Rockets forward (occasionally theoretical point guard) started the game strong, shooting 5-of-7 from the field in the first half. In the second, when Wembanyama took the assignment, Thompson went 6 for 16. What was worse was that Thompson’s lack of aggression from the perimeter allowed Wembanyama to play free safety. The 7-foot-5 Frenchman had 4 blocks in the second half alone.<\/p>\n