Boston – former Boston Celtics and up -to -date Washington Wizards watch Marcus Smart He said the fan “crossed the line” when during the Sunday game in TD Garden Heckling on the road bench, which led to a little shout than the fan was declared from the arena.
“He just crossed the border. We all know, I don’t make a line transition,” Smart said after Celtics beat the wizard 124-90. “You never want to see it, especially for a guy who returns and gave the city everything he has.”
The game between the defending NBA champion and the team competing for the worst record in the league was never close and Boston led 35 with about six minutes when Hubbub got up behind Washington’s bench. Smart pointed to the fan and seemed that his teammates and coach tried to hold him back.
Smart said he was heading for a security. “He just tries to get him out than it escalated more than what it was,” he said.
Smart was developed Celtics in 2014 and played the first nine years of his career with the team, but in the summer of 2023 was traded to Memphis in an agreement that brought KRISTAPS PORZINGIS to Boston.
Celtics, which reached the final of the Eastern Conference six times with the intelligent and finals of the NBA once, continued in the first year without it without it. Smart did not play last year’s game when Grizzlies visited Boston; In December he played for Memphis in Boston.
Back in the city for the first time since he was traded to Washington in February, Smart did not play on Sunday because Wizards focused on young players and a lottery design. During the game, the fans sang, “We want Marcus!”
“Flashbacks, gold,” Smart said. “Love is always there. On both sides – me and fans, the city. It’s definitely an emotional return and you are trying to hold it back. But I love it. I love every last piece. I am part of the city – nine years. A child of a young man.”
Smart spent a long time after the game caught up with its former teammates.
“It is always good to stay in touch with those people,” he said. “We grew up with the boys. We went through a lot of battle – blood, sweat and tears. A few of those guys came to the funeral of my mom. So it’s a deeper bond than just basketball between us.”
In Washington, the club is sure he has it on his side. In fact, the Boston reporter asked coach Wizards Brian Keefe on Smart’s lead in a young dressing on Sunday, briefly summarizing it, like “he was great.
“We are excited to have it in our team,” he added. “It is obvious that you know here in this city what Boston meant for the city. He’s a huge leader, a huge player.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
