Jason

It's not like an individual thing.

Like, it's not like he's just, you know, fiercely containing the basketball, every possession or like this dynamic shot blocker or something like that.

It's just like three or four times in every game, he's going to make some bat shit, crazy defensive play.

There's like a transition play tonight where he's backpedaling and a men Thompson's coming full speed at him.

And he's literally falling over backwards and he's about to lose the possession and probably end up fouling a men Thompson or a men's going to get a layup.

And as he's falling down, he just reaches over and pokes the basketball off of a men Thompson.

He kicks it out of bounds.

It's like her ball.

There's like an, like a huge swing, right?

Like her possession on a play where the rockets are probably going to get a layup or a foul.

It's just defensive playmaking.

that late play, like LeBron misses the three they're down six 99.9% of players in the NBA think the game is over and like start walking around.

No, Marcus smart is like in the back court trying to make a play.

And he did.

And it was literally the play that sparked the comeback that altered the complexion of the series.

And he's been doing this just all year long.

Like every Laker win that Marcus Smart has played in has his fingerprints all over it.

The ability to slide into a high usage role in offense.

He's been like damn near 70% true shooting on 20 points per game in this series.

You know how hard that is?