The Suns started the second quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers by Ish Wainright and Lee - sparking another 8-0 run that helped them open a 32-20 lead. Phoenix scored the next 12, with Ayton putting in three straight baskets to start the run. The Celtics scored the first seven points of the game, but quickly gave it all back. Derrick White drove for a layup to snap the slump, but Damion Lee and Saric hit back-to-back 3s, and the Celtics never got closer than six from there. The Suns led 74-73 to start the fourth quarter before running off the next eight points, prompting Boston coach Joe Mazzulla to call a timeout.
But the two Boston All-Stars shot a combined 12 for 36 from the floor and 6 for 22 from 3-point range. Jaylen Brown scored 27 points and Jayson Tatum had 20 for the Celtics, who beat the Brooklyn Nets by 43 points on Wednesday and beat the Suns by 27 in December. “We would have liked to win a few more games, but now that we’re winning a lot of games and he’s on the verge of coming back, it’s big for us.” “For us to win it without Book is big for everyone’s confidence, because he will be back shortly,” center Jock Landale said. The Suns lost nine of their first 11 games after the three-time All-Star went out, but have won seven of the last nine while they wait for his return, which could come during current the five-game road trip. “We do feel like he’s getting closer and closer to coming back." It's just where he is,” Suns coach Monty Williams said before the game. “I'm mindful of what I say because I don't want to get everybody excited about it, or depress everybody, either.
He hasn't played since sustaining a groin injury on Christmas it was just the second time he has joined the team on a road trip since. “It’s cold,” Thomas said, looking into the seats while shaking his head.Booker, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, wore a Detroit Red Wings knit cap as he sat on the bench in the same building where he scored 70 points in 2017. A fan near courtside yelled a question to Thomas during a break in the action, asking him how the weather is in Boston. I don’t see it from the negative impact.”. But Boston responded and took an 89-79 lead into the fourth quarter.Īround the rim: Stevens, on Thomas having left the Suns so recently: “These guys move on pretty quickly, they have to, they’re pros. Phoenix rallied in the third quarter after Evan Turner’s dunk gave the Celtics a 75-55 lead, going on a 16-2 run to cut the deficit to six. Gerald Wallace, Jae Crowder, Thomas and James Young hit 3s in the second to give Boston a 55-37 lead. The Celtics led by as many as 10 points in the first quarter, with Bradley scoring 14. The Suns have free-fallen out of the eighth playoff seed in the West with five straight defeats. “We needed it all,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. The Celtics tied a season high for points in a first half with 67, but didn’t shoot as well in the second half. He scored 10 points in a second quarter that saw the Celtics score 41. Thomas entered the game with five minutes to go in the first quarter to cheers from the crowd. His layup with 40 seconds gave the Celtics a 107-100 lead.
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Thomas’ 3-pointer and free throw raised Boston’s lead to five. “It’s not perfect, don’t expect it to be but it felt pretty good,” Knight said of his home debut. Brandon Knight, acquired from Milwaukee in another Suns deal last Thursday, had 20 in his first start for his new team. “Unfortunately they made some big plays and we didn’t.”īledsoe had 21 points and 10 assists in the Suns’ eighth loss in the past nine games.
They were getting a lot of the 50-50 balls but at the same time we still laid it on the line and came back,” Bledsoe said. But Phoenix cut the lead to one on a 3 from Eric Bledsoe with 2:33 remaining. When I get on the court, I don’t have any friends.”Īvery Bradley led the Celtics with 23 points and Boston made a season-high 14 3-pointers, 10 in the first half as they ran out to a 19-point lead against the struggling Suns. “It’s just me going out there and doing what it takes to win. My closest friends are on that team,” he added. “There’s no hard feelings between me and the Phoenix Suns. “It felt good to beat the team that traded you away,” Thomas said. His message was loud and clear after he glared at the Suns’ bench following his 3-pointer, then offered a smile after his layup. The Suns traded Thomas to Boston last week in a deadline-day deal. Thomas scored eight of his 21 points in the last 1:37 Monday night in the Boston Celtics’ 115-110 victory over the Phoenix Suns, delivering a critical four-point play, a steal and layup, and two free throws to defuse a rally. PHOENIX - The stare and the smile said it all for Isaiah Thomas, who delightedly made his former team pay for trading him away just four days earlier.
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