Thomas tantalizes in storming Cavs debut

Summer signing quickly into his stride after lengthy injury layoff

CLEVELAND - Isaiah Thomas had one last wait.

Sitting on the scorer's table, Thomas could see the end of his seventh-month odyssey in front of him. And when the buzzer finally sounded and the Cleveland crowd erupted for a player it barely knows, Thomas took the last few steps onto the court and completed a trip he hopes to never take again.