Anyone even slightly aware of US Soccer’s fraught history could have recognized the xenophobic history of that canard. 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. But for a journalist whose career revolves around using Twitter for contacts for stories, connection. Neither team had more than a two-possession lead until Butler made three free throws with four minutes to play make it 95-88.