Tag: #Marcus Smart
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Smart, Bridges head NBA defensive team
Boston Celtics star Marcus Smart and the Phoenix Suns’ Mikal Bridges led the voting in the NBA’s All-Defensive First Team for 2021-2022, the NBA announced on Friday.
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Boston's Marcus Smart named NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was named Monday as the 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the first backcourt player to take the award since Gary Payton in 1996.
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NBA bans Celtics guard Smart one game for referee threat
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Wednesday for using threatening language to a referee in a Tuesday loss to Oklahoma City.
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Celtics lose Smart 2-3 weeks with right calf injury
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart will miss the next two to three weeks of the NBA season with a right calf strain, the team announced Sunday.
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NBA Roundup: Celtics stun Heat; LeBron irked over MVP voting; Ty Lawson banned from CBA
Celtics stun Heat to avoid 3-0 hole
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NBA: Celtics strike back with Game 3 win over Heat
The Boston Celtics hit back on Saturday, leading wire-to-wire in a 117-106 victory over the Miami Heat that cut the gap in the NBA Eastern Conference finals to two games to one.
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Adebayo takes defensive stand, Heat edge Celtics in thrilling series opener
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Bam Adebayo made a clutch block with 2.5 seconds left in overtime as the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 117-114 in the opening game of their Eastern Conference final on Tuesday.
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NBA Roundup: Celtics oust Raptors, advance to EC Finals; Nuggets stay alive; Rockets’ House evicted from bubble
There will be a new NBA champion and the Denver Nuggets extended their season following NBA playoff games Friday in Orlando.
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NBA: Celtics beat Raptors to clinch EC Finals berth; Nuggets stave off elimination
Jayson Tatum finished with 29 points and 12 rebounds as the Boston Celtics booked their spot in the NBA's Eastern Conference finals with a 92-87 game seven win over the defending league champion Toronto Raptors on Friday.
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NBA Roundup: Raptors, Celtics in do-or-die; Clippers one win away from WC Finals; Draft could be moved to Nov. 18
The Toronto Raptors forced a Game 7 and the Los Angeles Clippers are a game away from advancing to the NBA Finals playoff games Wednesday in Orlando.
Raptors, Celtics in do-or-die
Defending champion Toronto Raptors edged the Boston Celtics in double overtime 125-122 in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series to force a winner-take-all Game 7 Friday. -
NBA Roundup: Heat topple Bucks, advance to East Finals; Lakers up 2-1; Thunder, Donovan part ways
The top seed Milwaukee Bucks are out of the playoffs, falling to the fifth seed Miami Heat in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals Tuesday.
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Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo leads NBA All-Defensive team
NEW YORK (AFP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 2019-20 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, leads season’s All-Defensive first team announced on Tuesday.
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NBA Roundup: Heat up 2-0 vs. Bucks; Rockets advance, face Lakers; Clippers’ Morris, Mavs’ Doncic fined
The Miami Heat are two wins away from the Eastern Conference Finals and the Houston Rockets survived the Oklahoma City Thunder to advance in NBA playoff games Wednesday in Orlando.
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NBA hits Clippers’ Morris with $35K fine, Doncic $15K
NEW YORK– Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for a reckless blow to Dallas guard Luka Doncic, who was fined $15,000 for throwing a ball into a referee.
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NBA Roundup: Clippers boot out Mavs; Celtics rout Raptors; Nuggets, Jazz in do-or-die
The Los Angeles Clippers advanced, the Toronto Raptors crashed, and the Denver Nuggets forced a penultimate game in NBA playoff games Sunday in Orlando.
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NBA: Raptors, Celtics mull boycott protest over police shooting
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse said Wednesday his players and members of the Boston Celtics have discussed a possible boycott of their Eastern Conference semifinal opener following the police shooting of a black man in Wisconsin.
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NBA Roundup: Warren drops 53; Heat wave; Thunder, Jazz take knee; not Smart enough
Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons combined for 60 points but were no match for Indiana's T.J. Warren who dropped 53 points, highlighted by 9-of-12 shooting from the arc, in a 127-121 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at the NBA bubble Saturday in Orlando.
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NBA: Celtics guard Smart fined $15K for ripping referees
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was issued the first fine of the restart of the NBA season on Saturday after criticizing referees in a loss Friday to Milwaukee.