On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoff Nets against the Green Army game 4, although the nets set off a counterattack in the final quarter to catch up, but Durant's loss of free throws at a critical moment made the Nets lose hope of reversal, and finally the Nets lost to the Green Army 112-116 and lost the fourth game. After this game, the Green Army swept the Nets 4-0 to advance to the semifinals, and last season the Green Army was swept by the Nets, and now it is a complete "revenge".
Smart, the best defensive player in The New Branch, was the biggest contributor to the green army's victory in this game, scoring a double-double of 10 points and 11 assists in the third quarter, contributing 10 points and 3 rebounds in the final quarter, and also hit key free throws. After the game, Smart scored 20 points, 11 assists and 5 rebounds, from defense to offense to organization, Smart can do everything, the best defensive player in Xinke showed his ability to the outside world!
It is worth mentioning that in the critical stage of the event, Smart is a scene that shows its strong psychological quality, when the Green Army leads 115-109, with 6 seconds left in regular time, Smart defends Durant, but the latter hit a difficult three-point shot to narrow the point difference to 3 points. But at this time, Smart did not panic at all, and looked at Durant after hitting three points with a sneering face, looking very relaxed. In the following round, Smart was fouled tactically, standing on the free throw line and hitting the first free throw, helping the team to seal the victory, not affected by Durant's three-point shot, very calm.
A great NBA team always needs a team soul to lead on the road to success, and compared with the young Tatum and Brown, Smart is more qualified. Since being selected by the Green Army in 2014, Smart has been playing in Boston and has never left, during which time he has experienced the team's rise and fall from rebuilding to consecutive Eastern Conference Finals, and then entering the trough and rising again, Smart has accompanied the team's ups and downs.
Now, Smart and the Green Army have broken through together, and Smart has won the first defensive player of his career in the regular season, which is the first defender in the league since Glove Payton to win the best defensive player. The Green Army, on the other hand, returned to the style of a championship-contending team, coming in late after a dismal record at the beginning of the season, finishing second in the East in the regular season and sweeping the Nets in the first round of the playoffs to complete their revenge. It can be said that the Green Army has the level of impact champions!
Entering the 21st century, the first player who can be called the soul of the team by Boston fans is Pierce, the end of the era of the Big Three, which is the starting point of Smart's entry into the NBA, from 2014 to 2022, Smart has gone through 8 years to finally become another generation of team souls of the Green Army. Together with the increasingly mature combination of Tatum and Brown, Smart will lead the team back to the glory of the former champions!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)