Dillon Brooks

Left with plenty to smile about after securing his first-ever win in eight tries at Boston’s TD Garden, Dillon Brooks reasoned after the game that he knew his up-and-coming teammate’s game-winner would sink through the net. Few could’ve argued with his judgment on January 27, 2025, given the record-breaking number of buckets he delivered on his own accord. Bordering on heroic after hitting the triples needed to erase the Houston Rockets’ 12-point fourth quarter deficit, the hot-shooting swingman hustles the floor during an ironic three-on-three fastbreak, positioning himself for a potential go-ahead trifecta in the final minute-and-a-half. Sporting that look in his eye throughout, Brooks — again punishing the Boston Celtics’ strategy of letting him shoot — calmly buries 3-pointer No. 10, setting a single-game franchise record in the process. With a signature win arriving thereafter, Brooks was nothing short of sensational, recording 36 points (one shy of his career-high), alongside three rebounds, one steal, and elite efficiency both overall (13-of-23) and from deep (10-of-15).