It’s fitting Marcus Smart broke the three-point record against the Suns. In the exact manner Devin Booker poured 70 points through the bucket at TD Garden while Phoenix lost by 10 in 2017, nobody was popping champaign bottles for Smart’s late three-pointers in a game the Celtics trailed by double-digits throughout.
Boston’s in a massive funk, and while Smart’s performance offered optimism about the offense’s capability down a few all-stars, the defense has lagged for almost one month.
There’s no easy fix, Tatum believes the effort is there and Stevens listed numerous fine details his group misses.