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Isiah Thomas, who has been caught up in a furor over comments he made about Larry Bird last week, made a public plea for understanding today in the company of the Celtic forward.
Shortly after Thomas arrived in Los Angeles, where the Celtics were preparing to meet the Lakers in tonight's second game of the National Basketball Association Finals, the two players appeared at a crowded news conference at the Celtics' hotel. It was an effort to end the controversy that has grown since the Detroit Piston guard told reporters last Saturday that if Bird were black he ''would be just another good guy'' instead of being portrayed as the league's best player. The remarks came after an emotional seventh-game loss to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.
Thomas said he was ''joking'' and admitted that his intention may have been lost on the large group of reporters, many of whom knew him only as a player and not as an individual. Plays Tape
hmmm same story... but bird is bird.. lin is a damn fine point gaurd