Isaiah Thomas: Reliving magical 53 point playoff game and connection with Boston
There are few individual performances in Celtics history that reach the status of epic. Isaiah Thomas 53point effort in Game 2 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals is unquestionably one of them. In this episode, we begin with Marc and Sean provide full context around the love affair between Isaiah and Celtics Nation, and the emotional circumstances that surrounded the 2017 Playoffs after Isaiahs sister, Chyna, tragically passed away the day before Game 1 of the opening round. Isaiah himself joins for the second half of the episode for a lengthy conversation about his historical run with Boston, and how that epic 53point game came to be on his late sisters birthday. 0:30 Setting the table for the IT4Celtics relationship and what made it so special 10:15 Remembering the emotions of Chynas death and the firstround series against Chicago 16:00 Recalling Isaiahs oral surgery between Games 1 and 2 of Conference Semis, and his miraculous performance in Game 2 29:
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