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Heat vs. Celtics - Game Recap - December 30, 2016 - ESPN
BOSTON -- Isaiah Thomas had a fourth quarter better than any other player for a team rich in history.
Thomas set a club record with 29 points in the fourth quarter, finishing with a career-high 52 points and leading the Boston Celtics to a 117-114 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday night.
"It doesn't seem real. It's crazy," Thomas said. "The fourth quarter, I've never done that before."
Nobody had -- even for the Celtics. Thomas hit six 3-pointers and converted a three-point play in the fourth quarter and broke the franchise record of 24 points in a quarter set by Larry Bird in 1983 and matched by Todd Day in 1995.
"It just felt like I was out there by myself, working on my game in the gym. Throwing up everything and it was going in. It was a special feeling," said Thomas, who just set his previous career best 10 days before with 44 points at Memphis.
Thomas finished with the fourth-highest total in Celtics history. Bird still holds that mark with 60 points against Atlanta on March 12, 1985.
Thomas set a club record with 29 points in the fourth quarter, finishing with a career-high 52 points and leading the Boston Celtics to a 117-114 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday night.
"It doesn't seem real. It's crazy," Thomas said. "The fourth quarter, I've never done that before."
Nobody had -- even for the Celtics. Thomas hit six 3-pointers and converted a three-point play in the fourth quarter and broke the franchise record of 24 points in a quarter set by Larry Bird in 1983 and matched by Todd Day in 1995.
"It just felt like I was out there by myself, working on my game in the gym. Throwing up everything and it was going in. It was a special feeling," said Thomas, who just set his previous career best 10 days before with 44 points at Memphis.
Thomas finished with the fourth-highest total in Celtics history. Bird still holds that mark with 60 points against Atlanta on March 12, 1985.