{"id":26977,"date":"2017-04-17T09:32:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T09:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=26977"},"modified":"2017-04-17T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T09:32:06","slug":"celtics-star-isaiah-thomas-starts-game-1-day-sister-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/celtics-star-isaiah-thomas-starts-game-1-day-sister-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Celtics star Isaiah Thomas starts Game 1 day after sister\u00a0death"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Celtics star Isaiah Thomas starts Game 1 day after sister&nbsp;death<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Isaiah Thomas started Game 1 of the Boston Celtics&#39; first-round playoff series against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday just one day after his sister&#39;s death in a car accident.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Chyna Thomas, the 22-year-old sister of the All-Star guard, was killed in a one-car accident in Washington state early Saturday morning.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Thomas received a warm ovation from the Boston crowd during pregame and when the teams took the court for the opening tip-off. Thomas started fast, scoring nine of the Celtics&#39; first 15 points. He slowed slightly after that and finished the first half with 15 points and three assists.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">One of his three assists came on a dish to Avery Bradley, who buried a three-pointer from the perimeter. Seconds later, after the Celtics forced a turnover, Thomas whipped a through-the-legs pass to Bradley again, who kicked it back to Thomas for a deep three-pointer. The Bulls called a timeout and Bradley immediately found Thomas to embrace him.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Celtics coach Brad Stevens said before the game he would ultimately leave the decision to play up to Thomas, but he expected Thomas to suit up.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;He&#39;s struggling obviously,&quot; Stevens told reporters. &quot;Tragic circumstances for his family.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The car traveled off the road around 5 a.m. and hit a Jersey barrier, which State Patrol spokesman Nick King said &quot;vaulted the vehicle head-on&quot; into a sign post.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">According to State Patrol, Thomas was not wearing her seat-belt at the time of the accident and died at the scene.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Celtics released a short statement via social media Saturday evening after the news broke and said, &quot;The thoughts &amp; prayers of the entire organization are with Isaiah &amp; his family.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/playoffs\/2017\/04\/16\/boston-celtics-pg-isaiah-thomas-intends-play-following-sisters-death\/100548796\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/celtics-star-isaiah-thomas-starts-game-1-day-sister-death.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtics star Isaiah Thomas starts Game 1 day after sister&nbsp;death Isaiah Thomas started Game 1 of the Boston Celtics&#39; first-round playoff series against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday just one day after his sister&#39;s death in a car accident. 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