"The Kings had fallen behind by two points midway through the fourth quarter Thursday night, and Isaiah Thomas had just turned the ball over.

The rookie sprinted back on defense and found himself near the basket with Portland's Wesley Matthews, Gerald Wallace and Jamal Crawford coming on a fast break.

Thomas, 5-foot-9, decided he wouldn't take on the biggest of the trio, Wallace, and would try to steal the ball or force a miss by Crawford or Matthews.

Matthews, eight inches taller than Thomas, kept the ball and Thomas blocked the layup attempt.

"I had nothing to lose," Thomas said. "(Matthews) took it himself and I did the best I could to make a play, and I got a play on the ball.""