Almost lost a little in the collective sigh of relief we all exhaled after Dion Waiters missed a three that could have tied the game for the Miami Heat against the Boston Celtics late in the fourth quarter was the fact that Marcus Smart was awarded the Red Auerbach Award.
The setting, ironically, was actually very on-brand, as the undisciplined gunner that Waiters is now used to be something of a hallmark for Smart, who was once as well known for shooting the team out of winnable games as much as he was for the defense that made up for it and then some.