By Adam Lowenstein (@StatsAdam)
With Isaiah Thomas back at the helm, the Boston Celtics have put together a four-game winning streak that included a 17-point comeback at Memphis. Thomas scored a career-high 44 points in the overtime victory against the Grizzlies, and the Celtics will face a huge test tonight against Oklahoma City.
Boston next heads into Madison Square on Christmas, and the Green hopes to have a better result than they did exactly five years ago in the same building.
In the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, the NBA began regular season play on Christmas Day with the New York Knicks hosting the Celtics, and Carmelo Anthony’s game-high 37 points led the Knickerbockers to a 106-104 victory in the back-and-forth contest. Anthony along with Avery Bradley, who played fewer than 10 minutes on December 25, 2011, are the only Knicks and Celtics players currently on the same roster as they were for the first game of the 2011-12 season.
