HOUSTON — "That was my first game-winner! I feel like Kobe," said 21-year-old Amen Thompson ... Today's NBA is different. Last November, Shaquille O'Neal said on his podcast "The Big Podcast ...

I feel like Kobe.” The comments came the day after ... Houston has won nine of its last 11 games, including back-to-back wins over the first place Cavaliers before the victory against Boston.

That seemed to be the case for Kobe Bryant in the final years of his ... adding: “To me, that last game was one of the greatest statements that an individual athlete had the ability to make.” ...