Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason, wearing the Angel Reese 1 “Mebounds” colorway, had an outstanding game on Monday against the Brooklyn Nets. After averaging 3.5 points in the first two games, Eason dropped 22 with five rebounds, five assists and one block. He helped the Rockets to a comfortable 137-109 win, their first of the season.The WNBA superstar was impressed and reacted to Eason’s display. She noted that the “Mebounds Look FIREEE.”Tari Eason’s mother responded to the tweet with a heart emoji before writing:“More like Lucky charms! Them two pink mfs brought him back to life young Queen!”After so much hype, the Rockets opened the 2025-26 season with back-to-back losses to the OKC Thunder and Detroit Pistons, respectively. Eason, who blasted ESPN for not ranking him in the top 100 players, had a rough start. He averaged 3.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 1.5 apg during that stretch.With the pink-colored “Mebounds” highlighting him on the court, Tari Eason finally made his presence felt. He led the team in scoring and pestered the Nets with his hustle and defense. The Rockets outscored their visitors by 21 points during Eason’s 26 minutes.Teroya could not help but claim that the shoes were the “lucky charms” that sparked her son’s game.Tari Eason has been wearing Angel Reese’s signature shoes since season startedMonday was not the first time Tari Eason has been spotted wearing Angel Reese’s signature shoes. Since the season started, he has been using different colorways of the Reese-inspired basketball shoes.A week ago, a clip of Eason and Amen Thompson working on their handles went viral. In the video, Thompson wore silver and black Nike shoes. Eason had the black and violet theme of the “Charm City” colorway of Reese’s sneakers.The Angel Reese “Mebounds” colorway might be the spark Eason needed to spark his game. Against the Nets, he went 5-for-7 from deep to highlight his scoring. Before the explosion, he shot 1-for-5 (20.0%) in two games.Eason might stick to the brightly colored version after standing out with his play and sneakers.