CelticsBlog · May 22, 2022
Must C’s: Smart exits Game 3 with right ankle sprain, but quickly returns
Moments after ESPN’s Malika Andrews announced that Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler would not return to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals with right knee inflammation, Marcus Smart fell to the ground, screaming in agony after leaping for a rebound early in the third quarter.
A replay showed that Smart rolled his right ankle as he landed, and that Kyle Lowry fell on top of it as he hit the deck as well; he was diagnosed with a right ankle sprain.
Marcus Smart went down hard and had to be helped off the court after this play pic.twitter.com/jAQ2RZpDWk