Marcus Smart made the Christmas Day trip to Canada to watch the Celtics win their first game in Toronto in five years. It was a sight for sore eyes. Literally.
Coincidentally, the last time they beat the Raptors at Scotiabank Arena, it was Smart’s heads-up chip in at the buzzer that won the game:
The last time the Celtics won in Toronto was April 4, 2015, when a rookie Marcus Smart made this hot-potato game-winner. Smart is the only player remaining from that team. pic.twitter.com/w2Hv4p8dfB
— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) December 25, 2019
It’s those intangibles that the Celtics have been missing over the last seven games (5-2) that Smart has been out.