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Marcus Smart got caught in the crosshairs on a huge DeAndre Jordan alley-oop dunk

Marcus, that wasn’t Smart trying to stop DeAndre.

Marcus Smart just wanted to help his team. As the closest Celtics' defender to the paint, Smart naturally decided to slide over to fill the gap once he saw a play begin to develop. Unfortunately, this play involved DeAndre Jordan hurdling toward the basket at full speed with an alley-oop in progress. Smart might've been lucky to come out relatively unscathed:

You could mention that Smart, a 6'4 point guard, probably shouldn't have been stuck in that position, but let's be fair: pretty much nobody stands a chance once you've let Jordan, who is listed at 6'11 and 265 pounds, build up momentum like that. It's just simple physics, really.