Marcus Smart's return was in a positively electric environment, with the Garden so loud it must have been shaking.
Smart checked in at the four minute mark of the first, and was almost immediately impactful in a close game, tied up at 13. Marcus scored his first points since returning just two minutes later, grabbing an and-1, and a trey by Terry Rozier and Marcus Morris pushed the lead to 15-23 shortly before the end of the frame.
Kris Middleton opened the second frame with a crafty make over Aron Baynes, but Morris answered right back, getting himself to the line.