Celtics G Isaiah Thomas visits specialist, surgery undecided

The C’s certainly made themselves felt against the defending champs, first with a Game 3 win in Cleveland and then a surprising length of time in the lead in Game 4. Boston had another nice balanced attack on offense, with Avery Bradley putting up 19 points to lead the team.

As a team, the Celtics shot 44 percent from the field and 10 of 31 from the three-point line as they took a 10-point lead going into halftime before fizzling out in the second half where they were outscored by 65-42. Smart was back to his usual self in Game 4, making just one of five 3-point attempts.

41 points were Kyrie Irving’s all time high in the National Basketball Association playoff, which he achieved when they faced the Golden State Warriors and it was the highest point ever scored by a teammate of Lebron James in a postseason game.

Game 5 in the series is on Thursday night in Boston.

But they all wanted to take a step back to shove James forward.

The Celtics made some noise near the end of the first half, but Irving scored Cleveland’s first 11 points in the first 3:18 of the second half before two baskets by James ballooned the lead to 25 with 6:39 left in the third quarter.

If you scour the internet and social media these days, articles will appear suggesting that the Boston Celtics should trade All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas.

“We had opportunities”, James said.

Kyrie Irving saved LeBron James, Ty Lue and the city of Cleveland from a total state of panic Tuesday night.

SAN ANTONIO – Stephen Curry scored 36 points and the Golden State Warriors closed out the Western Conference Final against the injury-ravaged San Antonio Spurs with a 129-115 victory Monday night, becoming the first team in league history to start the playoffs 12-0.

“I’ve twisted my ankle so many times that plays like that, you have two choices, either you can sit there and kind of wallow in the sorrow of you twisting your ankle or capture the moment”, Irving said. Deron Williams added 14 off the bench for Cleveland, who led by as many as 39. The only thing Boston’s win accomplished was shortening what would have been a nine-day break between games to seven.

“In the back of my mind, I was like, I’m saying to myself, ‘We can not – they can not tie up this series, ‘” Irving told reporters.

“Kyrie Irving and LeBron James… were unbelievable”, Stevens said. In all, Thomas missed the final three games of the series and the Celtics went 1-2 in his absence.

The Cavaliers are up 3-1 and proved that they want to put the upset of Game 3 behind them.

“His X-rays and all of the information that they gathered is being sent to another specialist”, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens told reporters prior to Tuesday’s game in Cleveland. “I’ve always leaned on my teammates at times as well, but mentally I’ve just always focused on the present and I’m not anxious about the situation”.