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 is that because tennis is a more sporting sport than – to pick another at random – football, with its divers and Hands of God and “professional” tackles. The conflict escalated until the younger man struck the victim in the head with a screwdriver, the officers said. They couldn’t have know that he would be the catalyst for one of the quickest rebuilds in recent memory.