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Celtics’ Thomas (ankle) plans to play Game 6
- Updated: April 27, 2016
12:47 AM ET
ATLANTA — Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas suffered a mild left ankle sprain during the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s 110-83 Game 5 loss to the Atlanta Hawks but was adamant he will play in Thursday’s Game 6.
“I’m great,” Thomas said. “Ready for Game 6. I’m playing no matter what. I’m not going to sit out. I just tweaked it. I tweaked it in Game 4 as well in the fourth quarter, so I just tweaked it again. And it hurt right when it happened, but I came back [to the locker room], and I’ll be all right.”
Thomas was still on the floor early in the fourth quarter despite the fact that Boston trailed by 31 points. He landed awkwardly following a layup and came up hobbling a bit. He initially tried to walk it off, but he soon committed an intentional foul and ran straight to the locker room.
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