Celtic Isaiah Thomas Lost a Tooth But Gained Shooting Superpower In NBA Semifinal (Video)
During the opening minutes of Sunday’s Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinal against the Washington Wizards, Boston Celtics star guard Isaiah Thomas got popped in the mouth and spit out a front tooth.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that it gave him shooting superpowers.
The Celtics were down 16-0 when Thomas inadvertently took an elbow to the mouth while trying to defend Wizard forward Otto Porter. A front tooth shot out and Thomas calmly picked it up off the court. With a gaping hole in his usually toothy smile, Thomas went on to shoot back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers, which certainly helped the Celtic climb out of that deficit.
The Celtics went on to win 123-111. Thomas told reporters in post-game interviews, “It bothers me to talk, my tongue goes right through my tooth.”
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Naturally, Celtic fans had a little fun with him on social media.
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