“Basketball is something I fell in love with when I was young”, Rozier said.
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(AP Photo/Charles Krupa). Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas checks out his recent dental work prior to the first quarter of a second-round NBA playoff series basketball game against the Washington Wizards in Boston, Tuesday, May 2, 2017.
Then, he helped pick up the Celtics after they conceded the first 16 points of the game before rallying to maintain home-court advantage heading into today’s Game 2. The Celtics hit 19/29 threes and were a plus 27 from three.
However, Boston fought back to close the gap to just four points, at 89-84, entering the fourth quarter before Thomas took over. Comparing one player’s stats to an entire team is always impressive when they are almost identical. “There was no way I couldn’t play on her birthday”.
The point guard is the only Celtics player to have a 50-point game in both the regular season and the playoffs during the same season. Thomas then scored nine points in overtime to closeout the victory. On Monday, he was at the dentist having work done as his team practiced.
Boston coach Brad Stevens said: “I thought he [Thomas] was really gonna have to gut this one out, and he not only guts it out, but he scores over 50”. “It’s pretty significant as you can imagine. So hopefully we can replace it as soon as possible”. “But he did not practice”.
“I got in at 4 a.m.”, Thomas said of his second flight to Washington in two weeks. He said the reality of her death sets in when he’s not playing. I’ve always had team-mates that I’ve always clowned them about their tooth being out. “We came out and showed good rhythm”. The status of forward Markieff Morris is up the air after he landed awkwardly on Horford’s foot and sprained his ankle early in Game 1. “So he was in getting oral surgery [Monday]”. He was one of the few Celtics who played decently in the first two games, both losses, and had to meet the team in Chicago for Game 3 after flying to spend time with family in his native Washington.
“We just got to do a better job of making things hard for these guys”. Boston is an atrocious rebounding team, so to have any sort of shot at winning this series, the Wizards need to make sure the numbers on the boards lean a little more heavily in their favor.
“And sometimes when guys are strongly encouraged to wear those, they wear them”, Stevens said. He’s basically their point guard when we trapped Isaiah – he gave the ball to Al and he did a great job finding teammates, making plays down the stretch. He has had at least 12 points, five rebounds and five assists in a career-high three straight playoff games.
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“It’s the playoffs. Everybody’s going to come and play a very tough game”, Wizards coach Scott Brooks said.
