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Celtics' Thomas pours in 53 on sister's birthday

BOSTON -- Intensive dental work prior to Tuesday's night's Game 2 wasn't about to slow Boston's Isaiah Thomas, not on the night of what would have been t he 23rd birthday of his late sister Chyna.

Thomas poured in 53 points -- 29 of them coming in the fourth quarter and overtime as Boston beat the Washington Wizards, 129-119, to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

"My sister," Thomas said on TNT when asked where his intensity and performance came from. "... Everything I do is for her and she's watching over me.