BOSTON -- Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart had already run the gamut of emotions after lacerating his right hand with one ill-advised, frustration-filled jab at a glass picture frame inside a Beverly Hills hotel in late January. But, sitting alone in his suburban Boston apartment and forced to watch his teammates stumble toward the All-Star break from afar, Smart was certain this was the worst feeling of all:
Helplessness.
With every defensive miscue -- and there were an astounding number of them -- Smart screamed at his television, then wondered how things might be different if he was on the court.