The Washington Wizards came dressed in all black preparing for the Boston Celtics funeral yesterday ahead of their matchup in the nation’s capitol. A small rivalry has started to brew and during the Wizards 123-108, tempers flared once again. But it was the Celtics going at each other instead of the Wizards.
Late in the game, Smart went to check himself into the contest, but it didn’t work out for him. Watch C’s head coach Brad Stevens follow Smart to the scorer’s table before taking a timeout.
He came back to the bench and got into a heated argument with Celtics assistant coach Jerome Allen during the fourth-quarter timeout, and he lost it.
What was the source of Smart’s anger? Well, according to all parties involved courtesy of Jay King from Mass Live, he just only wanted to go back in the game.
“He just wanted to go back in. And he had played 12 (straight) minutes or whatever, so he wasn’t going to go back in. He wanted to go back in,” Stevens said. “He wanted to go back in badly.”
“Of course I wanted to go back in, like everybody else, to play it out and give everything that I have — leave it on the court,” said Smart, who retreated to the locker room after the dispute. “We had different opinions on that.”
He added: “Just coaches and players that are real passionate about the game. And they’re losing and having different opinions about certain things in the game.”
Smart tweeted out an apology after the game and head coach Brad Stevens also said that Smart apologized.
To my teammates and coaches… pic.twitter.com/6HtN3FWb8Y
— marcus smart (@smart_MS3) January 25, 2017
Brad Stevens says Marcus Smart apologized to coaching staff & the team last night in the locker room after letting his emotions go on bench.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 25, 2017
Later it was revealed that Smart was so upset, he punched a whole in the wall in the visitor’s locker room in DC.
Marcus Smart reluctantly admitted he was responsible for this redesign of the locker room wall in Washington. #Celtics #Wizards pic.twitter.com/IwgTI9FHUQ
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) January 26, 2017
The guard out of Oklahoma State is often a fiery competitor and doesn’t mind mixing it up with a few guys on the court. But on the bench, he can’t be going at a coach like this. You have to love the passion he shows, but he’s expressing his frustrations on the wrong people.
