Marcus Smart’s first shot of the game against the Nets Monday night was from beyond the arc. He knocked it down but heard a familiar refrain from the Brooklyn bench afterward, one that is a common attitude for defenses around the NBA when seeing the point guard pull up from downtown over the last four years.
“The first one the (Nets) bench was telling me they’ll live with that and wanted me to keep shooting,” Smart said after the 116-95 blowout win.
Smart used the exchange as a bit of fuel for the rest of the first half as he knocked down three of his next four attempts from beyond the arc, turning in a team-high 12 points before the break as the Celtics erased an early seven-point deficit and cruised to their third straight victory.
Marcus Smart talking shit to the entire Nets bench after every made three is my spirit animal pic.twitter.com/UchVs9MWfv
— Pharaoh (@ColeyMick) January 8, 2019
