Dillon Brooks embraced his inner Villain on Monday night as he sank 10 threes in the Rockets' huge win over the Celtics.

The Celtics fell apart defensively on the final two possessions as Dillon Brooks and the Rockets claimed a 114-112 victory.

Boston nearly pulled off a great win, but fell for the seventh time this season after leading by at least 10 points.

Luke Kornet also capped in with 18 points in his spot start over 33 minutes but had some costly mistakes late on defense. Dillon Brooks had a game-high 36 points for the Rockets including a career ...

Sitting at the podium after Monday night’s Celtics loss, Joe Mazzulla didn’t critique Luke Kornet for his positioning on Alperen Sengun or Jaylen Brown for his last-second defense on Amen Thompson. The late Houston Rockets baskets that put Boston on the wrong end of a 114-112 thriller at TD Garden,

When Boston needed a stop, the calls the Celtics coach made proved disastrous, and afterward took responsibility for the loss: "I didn't help them close it at the end."

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown explains the what went wrong defensively to allow Amen Thompson and the Houston Rockets a win at the buzzer

And unfortunately for Celtics backup center Luke Kornet, it came at his expense. Grimes posterized Kornet with a thunderous one-handed slam in the final 30 seconds of the third quarter.

While the Celtics are still adamant that everything will be fine, this is now more than a blip. They've been playing .500 ball for over a month, and have often looked out of sync

Amen Thompson produced a career-high 33 points against Boston, and pushes Houston further up the standings, with 31-14 in second place.

The Boston Celtics have now blown a fourth-quarter lead nine times this season. Nine times in 47 games. They blew nine games in the fourth quarter all of last season. Monday night was the seventh time this season the Celtics have lost a game they led by 10 points.