Must C’s: Marcus Smart’s left hand hits dagger in Game 2 win

Perhaps it wasn’t precisely a dagger. Jayson Tatum had scored seven straight factors to push a five-point result in twelve within the ultimate 4 minutes, however with nearly a minute to go and any glimmer of hope for the Nets to stage a comeback fading away, Marcus Sensible put the ultimate nail in Brooklyn’s Sport 2 coffin:

Sensible would end the sport with a modest 12 factors and 5 assists along with his protection on Kyrie Irving (4-for-13 from the sector, one help with two turnovers) being his greatest contribution.

Picture by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe through Getty Pictures

However that lasting picture of Sensible and Sport 2 could be that left-handed circus shot. He knew it. Jaylen Brown knew it and simply needed to get a better look.

“I taught Marcus all the pieces he is aware of,” Brown stated after the sport when requested about Sensible’s lefty. “I do know he’s the Defensive Participant of the Yr, however a variety of that, he discovered from me. (laughs) Marcus performed nice. He does what Marcus does. He made some large performs down the stretch and we pulled out one other win.”