When a player like Marcus Smart makes 11 3’s in a single-game (for only the 19th time in NBA history), that kind of a statistics will get a lot of public attention.
However, unlike Devin Booker‘s 2017 70 point game in Boston that overshadowed Phoenix’s loss, Smart’s performance fell in second to not only the Suns’ surprising upset victory, but a fantastic game by second-year center Deandre Ayton.
Ayton finished with 26 points for the second game in a row, the second time in his career that he has dropped at least 25 points in back-to-back games (12/22/18 – 12/23/18 and 12/29/18 – 12/31/18).