[Highlight] Marcus Smart realizes that if he touches the ball, it is a backcourt violation, so he lets Shai Gilgoues-Alexander dive for it and then grabs the ball too, forcing a jump ball (with a replay).
Smart wins the jump ball
Marcus Genius
Following play he fouls the OKC player shooting a 3 leading to a 4 point play.
The duality of Marcus Smart…
Marcus Not-so-Smart
If you can’t love me at my Marcus Dumb, you don’t deserve me at my Marcus Smart
well they don’t call him Marcus Stupid
… all the time
The play right after this he got subbed out for Marcus Dumb
give it 2 - 3 games and we’ll downgrade Marcus Genius again
Reggie giving him mad credit lmao. Maybe he just reacted slow
“Vast playoff knowledge” I thought was rich lol. It is a good play by Smart though. Would be better to just say quick-thinking or good recognition
A near decade of deep playoff runs isn’t vast to you?
That’s such a smart veteran play because he turned a guaranteed mistake into a 50-50 chance just by thinking faster than everyone else.
The kind of play that makes even fans of the opposite team go, oooo nice play.
Can confirm
Smart play by Smart
was it a gilgeous-alexander veteran play too?
I think he just didn’t want to dive headfirst into Shai’s head
Dort would have knee’d the brains out of SGA, if he was in Marcus place and jersey there.
Lot of inferences there
That was an intense look on JJ. If he’s so intense on a good play, I’m not going to try imagining his reaction on bad plays
Everything is very sensationalized in media it is so annoying. Like it was a smart play by their energy is like championship winning play
Wasn’t aware you could jump forward across the half court line on a jump ball.
You can and should box out during an NBA jump ball to establish position and secure the ball. While you cannot push, shove, or use illegal contact to displace an opponent, establishing legal body positioning before the ball is tapped is a critical strategy to win possession.
how the F does smart win the jump against shai, isnt smart old, and shai an elite athlete?
Marcus’ 32, not a senior citizen yet.
Yea i guess I just thought Shai would have mad hops
Nah, vertical athleticism isn’t really his game
thought Shai would have mad hops
The thing he does have rhymes with ‘hops’ at least
They both jumped and neither touched it in the air. Marcus tipped it on the ground lol
lol sure if that’s what you think he was doing.