“The Giants participated in this as well, so John Mara’s going to have to open the checkbook,” Christie said of Manning’s team, which plays their home games in New Jersey. Playing a day after 22-year-old sister Chyna Thomas was killed in a car accident in their home state of Washington, Thomas led the top-seeded Celtics with 33 points. Chances of winning We’ve finally hit the point in our rankings where it’s only implausible to imagine a team winning the title rather than absolutely and utterly impossible. FootballUS pro soccer's 50th anniversary: 'They called us communists and midgets'Fifty years ago, pr.