Five Stars is a Hot Hot Hoops exclusive where we dig into the box score of each Heat game and pick apart the numbers under the numbers. The top five players are the Five Stars, regardless of which team they player for. I used the GameScore metric, with a slight adjustment for plus/minus to rank the players.
First Star
Isaiah Thomas (BOS) 20.9
Thomas, Boston’s 5’9” starting point guard, led the Celtics with 23 points in 27 minutes. He made nine-of-15 shots overall, including three-of-five from outside. He made both of his foul shot attempts, with four assists, two rebounds, a steal, and a game-high plus-12 rating before getting ejected with three minutes remaining in the final quarter.