Jae Crowder and Al Horford did plenty to help the Boston Celtics get the jump on the Washington Wizards in the Eastern Conference semifinals Sunday. 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. "Today is just another chapter of that".
The special part about Thomas' epic 53-point game is that it came on what would have been sister Chyna's 23rd birthday.
Thomas also had his left front tooth knocked out after being struck in the face by an elbow from Washington's Otto Porter midway into the first quarter.
"We picked up right where we left off", Curry said.
"Once I leave this gym, I hit reality, and she's not here". Thomas' 3-point outburst and was what the team needed after falling behind 16-0 early on. Thomas then tied it at 114-114.
"It's tough, but it's the playoffs", Thomas said. "Two great players played well", Wizards coach Scott Brooks said". Snyder said beforehand, "because they're going to be good". "I do everything for my sister now and that's all I can do". He plays with everything he has. "I don't know if he went back to the dentist's today or went to the hospital today just to work on it some more, but he's continued to have some work on it". I've always had team-mates that I've always clowned them about their tooth being out. "Hopefully, we can replace it as soon as possible". Rozier experienced extended runs in March and April with coach Rick Pitino's Cardinals, but he's never played basketball in May on the game's biggest stage.
The Celtics were able to whittle down the Wizards lead just before halftime, heading into the break down just 3 points.
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The Boston Celtics took a 1-0 lead in their National Basketball Association play-off conference semi-final showdown against the Washington Wizards with a 123-111 comeback victory.
Draymond Green scored Golden State's first six points of the fourth quarter and wound up with 17 points, eight rebounds, six assists and two more blocks to bring his remarkable five-game playoff swat total to 19. Grabbed the first 12 rebounds of the game. Boston found some success hiding the 5-foot-9 Thomas on lesser players such as Kelly Oubre, while Marcus Smart and Avery Bradley redoubled their efforts to slow Wall, who finished with 23 points and those nine assists.
Washington's Markieff Morris suffered a left ankle sprain after being fouled by Horford in the second quarter.
Instead, it was Thomas' own offensive heroics that made the difference, as the Celtics claimed a 2-0 lead in this second-round playoff series.
BOSTON (AP) - For the first time this postseason, there is a calm beginning to settle over the Boston Celtics.
"I was just so locked in that fourth quarter and overtime because I wanted to win the game so bad that I really didn't know what I had". Only John Havlicek (54 in 1973) scored more in a Celtics playoff game. The Wizards were missing C Ian Mahinmi (calf).
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