The Celtics played in Phoenix Monday night, which meant an early home coming for point guard Isaiah Thomas — with an opportunity to go at the team that traded him less than a week ago.
He dropped 21 points and seven assists on his old teammates, but really took over the game in the final two minutes.
He scored eight of Boston’s final 14 points, as well as nabbing a key steal in the close win. After several big plays, Thomas stared down the Suns bench. Afterwards he chalked it up to emotion.
Man, that’s just emotion. That’s just going out there, trying to win the game. There’s no hard feelings between me and the Phoenix Suns. My closest friends are on that team. It’s just me going out there and doing everything to win. When I go out on the court I don’t have any friends.