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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Isaiah Thomas Breaks Down His Celtics Playoff Runs

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, News, Music, Music History, Entertainment News, Comedy

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We're in the thick of the 2026 playoffs so this week we wanted to take a little trip down memory lane. In his three years on the Celtics, I.T. went to the playoffs every season, battling some of the greatest teams of the iconic late 2010's era: the John Wall / Bradley Beal Wizards, the Dwyane Wade / Jimmy Butler Bulls, and of course the prime LeBron / Kyrie Cavs. I.T. breaks down the highs and lows of each run, including a fun fact you probably never knew involving 13 hours of dental surgery. We end things by looking back at some of I.T.'s favorite playoff memories from childhood – the Shaq & Kobe Lakers, prime Allen Iverson, and more. 


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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. I get hit by a screen or something, my tooth comes out, fam. It comes out. Nobody knows this either. It drops. I'm like, what's in my mouth, fam? I go like, and this is towards half. This is going into halftime. So there's a couple minutes left. I tell the doctor, I'm like,

0:22.1

fam, my tooth just dropped. Am I know. He's like, no, it didn't. I'm like, look at this.

0:27.2

Right. So at halft time, they have a backup tooth back there. A backup tooth. Yes.

0:33.4

Never what is a backup tooth? A temporary tooth, fam? A temporary bridge.

0:38.8

So they got two teeth.

0:40.5

Both of my teeth crumble and come out.

0:43.1

So I have time, I'm not even listening to what we're going through.

0:46.3

I'm in the back.

0:47.6

They're gluing the teeth back in.

0:49.7

No.

0:49.8

No.

0:57.0

The Welcome back to Welcome back to another episode of Point Game.

1:13.5

We're going to take this opportunity because we're in the heart of the playoffs right now.

1:17.9

And this show is co-hosted by none other than Isaiah Thomas, who has an incredible history in the playoffs as a player.

1:26.1

And we got to ask you all about it. We got to get some of these behind-the-scenes stories, some of the most legendary performances. So, IT, are you down to just get into it? Talk about some of your best games. We could go back to memory lane. I'm always good with that. You know, because the internet, they put together the highlight reels, but we don't know the story behind some of the stuff, some of the people that might have been getting in your ear, some of the motivations.

1:49.4

So this is the time exclusively here on point game.

1:54.5

So let's take it back from the beginning.

1:56.4

Now, obviously, it wasn't, you know, it wasn't a successful series in terms of the W, but you have to start somewhere.

2:04.2

So let's go to 2014, 2015.

2:07.5

The Celtics, your first appearance in the playoffs, you played the Cavs in the first round.

2:12.7

And now, this is a historic team.

2:14.5

Obviously, they had Braun, Kyrie, J.R. Smith, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, and they ended up going to the final. So just bring it down. What was sort of your mindset going in that first series? You know, as a young guy, playoffs, playing against a legendary team, what was going through your mind at the beginning of the playoffs? And did it change your mentality at the end of that series? Man, it was crazy. Like, that was probably one of the first times in my life. I was a little

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