BOSTON -- About an hour before Isaiah Thomas worked some of his now-familiar fourth-quarter magic, Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens did something unusual: He tore into his team at halftime of Wednesday's game against the Toronto Raptors, angrily questioning their intensity during a key Eastern Conference matchup.
"Honestly, I mean, Brad killed us at halftime," said Thomas, who continued his absurd run of fourth-quarter heroics by scoring 19 of his game-high 44 points in the final frame as Boston rallied from an 18-point deficit to stun the Raptors 109-104 at TD Garden.