SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Isaiah Thomas knocked down three quick 3-pointers, showing that his shot is still there.
Knocking off 12 months of rust wasn’t quite as easy.
Thomas scored 19 points in his first competitive game in more than a year, helping the U.S. to a 93-77 victory over the Bahamas on Friday in a FIBA AmeriCup qualifying game.
There goes that man @isaiahthomas!
Back-to-back-to-back triples for IT ud83cudfafud83cudfafud83cudfaf#AmeriCup pic.twitter.com/daCpEvRbxO
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) February 19, 2021
“My first time playing in a little over a year so I was a little rusty, but it felt amazing to be out there competing against really good players and also representing my country,” Thomas said.