Brooks said after the Rockets' morning shootaround prior to Monday's game against the Thunder that he's regained confidence in his shooting stroke since emerging as a rotation player for Houston last week, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports. "Getting consistent minutes allows you to get in the flow of the game," he said. "You get out there and you run up and down a little bit, get a little loose, and then once you find your spots, you're able to confidently knock down your shots."
Brooks has been the prime beneficiary of the recent absences of Jalen Green (hamstring) and Kevin Porter along with the decision to phase Daniel Theis out of the rotation in favor of small-ball lineups. With at least one of those three players sitting out in each of the past three games, Brooks has popped, averaging 14.3 points and 4.3 three-pointers in 20.7 minutes per contest over that stretch. That offense has come on the back of an unsustainable 52 percent success rate from downtown, but Brooks should still remain a strong two-category streamer with Green expected to remain out for at least another week and Theis not looking like a part of the Rockets' near-term plans while the 3-16 squad is in the midst of its first winning streak of the season.