The Boston Celtics came out the gate slow and found themselves down 16-0 early to the Washington Wizards but rallied in the second quarter to tie the game at 49 with 4:13 remaining in the half.
Isaiah Thomas capped a career-high 53-point performance with nine points in overtime as the Boston Celtics beat the Washington Wizards 129-119 on Tuesday at TD Garden to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Thomas attended his sister's funeral on Saturday and returned to Boston early Sunday morning - just hours before the Celtics won 123-111 and the diminutive point guard lost a tooth.
He was trying to block a pass intended for Wizards forward Otto Porter when he got hit in the face and his tooth flew out of his mouth and onto the floor.
Jae Crowder anticipates the Wizards have saved their Sunday punch for tomorrow night's Game 3 in Washington.
Thomas played a team-high 44:33 and scored 53 points, including 24 in the second half and nine in the extra session.
Wall ended up with 40 points to lead Washington, while Morris chipped in 16 markers.
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In the second quarter, Washington's Markieff Morris injured his left ankle when he made a jump shot but landed on Horford's foot.
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". "There's nothing that doctors can say to me for me not to be able to play".
The All-Star led the Celtics to a first-round win over Chicago in a haze after learning the day before the series began that his younger sister, Chyna Thomas, had died in a vehicle accident outside of his native Tacoma, Washington. Coach Scott Brooks said his status was game to game at this point, though Morris reiterated his intention to be on the court for Game 2. Zaza Pachulia scored 10 points in 14 minutes. They did a great job of putting ball pressure and getting into us, and we did not do a good job of handling that. Wall's attack-like mentality along with the Celtics' eight turnovers in the first quarter helped the Wizards build a 42-29 lead.
Next - Game Three will be played on Thursday, May 4 in Washington, D.C.
"She would have been 23 today, so the least I can do is go out there and play for her", Thomas said.
After Jones was assessed two technical fouls and ejected from Monday's series opener between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors, James said he planned to pay the automatic $6,000 fine ($2,000 for each technical, $2,000 for the ejection) that accompanied the penalties. I will keep going for my sister as I know she wouldn't want me to stop.
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