Luke Kornet pinned the first mistake on himself ... After one violent put-back dunk, he earned a technical foul for bumping Dillon Brooks. Immediately after the call, Porziņģis turned toward ...

BOSTON – Luke Kornet’s stay-ready mindset was put ... along with career-high scoring efforts from Dillon Brooks (36 points) and Amen Thompson (33 points), allowed Houston to escape with ...

Amen Thompson shared a laugh with Dillon Brooks during his postgame ... They were trying to go at Luke (Kornet).” “I guess I should have sniffed it out earlier,” Brown said.

After one of the more interesting and exciting games of the season, the Celtics fell apart defensively on the final two possessions as Dillon Brooks and the Rockets claimed a 114-112 victory.

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

Dillon Brooks shot 10-of-15 from 3-point range ... and Jayson Tatum added 19 after a scoreless first half. Luke Kornet had 18, and Kristaps Porzingis scored 17 to go with eight rebounds.