Isiah Thomas On The Difference Between Figurative And Literal

Get a hold of yourself, man, it’s just a dumb game:

His back to the wall, his personal space consumed by cameras and microphones, Isiah Thomas breathed deep and dutifully navigated a dozen questions over 11 minutes Tuesday afternoon.

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“We’ve got to win our fans back,” Thomas said, vowing that the Knicks were up to the challenge.

“To me, it’s win or die,” he said. “And I literally mean death. I don’t mean walk away. I mean death. That’s how I approach it. And we got a job to do here, we’re going to get it done. I’m confident we got the right players, I’m confident we got the right people, and we’ll dig our way out of this.”