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Isaiah Thomas relishes playoff spotlight

CLEVELAND — Isaiah Thomas is eating this up.

The smallest man on the Celtics is also their most important, and while that also means the Cavaliers are throwing everything they can at him to diminish his impact, well, Thomas digs that attention, too.

In the 113-100 series-opening loss to Cleveland on Sunday, he went for 22 points, five rebounds and 10 assists to become just the third player in NBA history with 20-plus, five-plus and 10-plus in his playoff debut.

Oscar Robertson was one of those guys. Unfortunately for the C’s, the other was LeBron James.