Immediately following the Boston Celtics‘ game six series clinching win against the Chicago Bulls, Isaiah Thomas immediately caught a flight to join in family in what must have been one of, if not the most difficult day of his life as he spoke at the funeral of his sister Chyna Thomas.
It was not until four am this morning that Thomas arrived back in Boston, with game one of the Eastern Conference Semi Finals against the Washington Wizards just nine hours away. Emotionally and physically, Thomas has been dealing with the kind of burden that players, fans and coaches cannot even grasp, but the only thing he has to say about it is no excuses can be made in the playoffs.