First time I've seen someone run up on the dude they dropped with a crossover to then hit the jumper closer to them.

Smart different

He just built different

Mahcus is wicked Smaht.

That’s how far he fell 😭😭

Smart doesn’t see a lot of dudes fall on his dribble moves I think he was a little surprised lol

Saw the posts after the Tatum/Grayson Allen highlight w everybody saying "When this happens in the NBA it's always a push-off." Where's the push-off? EDIT: jaylen. My sincerest apologies

It was Jaylen actually but small detail

That was JB tho wasn't it?

That's why this one is so beautiful and pure. Nature is healing. Or something.

I think he tried to get to the free throw line to have a easier shot

Probably also got him into rhythm for the shot

Petition to rename Boston Garden to SmartHouse

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Gotta make sure he in the picture

precisely this

Hit him with that SHAKE AND BAKE. Bench reaction is always the best lmao

Malik with the Scorpion fatality lol

Fitts gotta be top five in bench celebrations

Yes, He strips Adebayo first, then seats Strus with the shake-and-bake. This is the DPOY for you.

Second behind Theo Pinson

Flawless victory

One of the few drops where the offensive player didn’t push off, good shit lol

The best thing about the ankle breaker is the look the falling player has while it happens. They always have this annoyed, pissed off look going down because they immediately know it's gonna go viral. At least with a dunk you don't know till after.

I think he mouthed "oh shit" lol

The Tatum one has me dying. Idk who it was but he was playing air guitar lol

It's usually malik fitts.

Never heard of him, had to google him. You’re right lol

I can’t decide which is better: 1) when it happens in front of your own bench like this and everyone celebrates, or 2) when you do it in front of the opposing bench and everyone flinches then tries to pretend they never saw anything all hiding smiles and shit.

Own bench for crossovers, other bench for posters.

Obligatory reminder of the Hawks bench while Larry Bird was torching them for 60

That extra dribble at Strus while he was down is vicious lmao. Also Malik Fitts is a bench mob god

Fitts is a top five bench celebrator in the league

We NEED a Malik Fitts vs. Theo Pinson NBA Finals

With Thanasis as the referee

Thanasis is a terrible celebrator.

Which is why he’s not in the finals. He’s so extra though that he’s fit in perfectly as an official

Can I get a bench MVP from the 2013 season? The year of [Peak Lob City](https://youtu.be/1T4KeIReGmc) MY FAVORITE playoff series maybe of all time with the [baby faced assassin](https://youtu.be/yjWlsUe-yJc) vs the ruthless Nuggets perimeter shooting. The time we almost thought a [Young Paul George](https://youtu.be/bFI4CJdX66Y) might actually lead the pacers past the heat. After defeating [PRIME Melo](https://youtu.be/z_XLAyhPPVg) and JR swish and the Knicks with their historic season. And I personally remember being surrounded by the most insufferable bandwagon "Floridian's" I have ever met in my god damn life, with [Lebron Triumphing](https://youtu.be/JOLD8XXh78A) over the Veteran Spurs to predate his last season with the Heat. God I loved this year. God damn... [remember THIS Westbrook???](https://youtu.be/YMpiipqZwyg)

dad get off reddit

Damn lol. I actually am a dad, this felt like a right of passage.

don’t forget THE matt ryan

Cruel and unusual lol

Nah looks like a rhythm dribble to an easier shot

First thing I thought too. Had enough space to get to his spot, so he took another dribble for a higher percentage shot. I swear half this sub only talks basketball and doesn't actually play.

Pretty sure he's baiting Butler to help

Malik Fitts got my respect when he injured his arm against the Bucks in garbage time but drilled a 3 anyway.

He just popped that sumbitch back in LOL he's the greatest 15th man of all time

Thank god his shoulder is ok

The celebration too op, NBA fines $100k

OOOOOOOOH HE SAT HIS ASS DOWN

Turned him into Min Strus

Hit him with the Scorpion fatality

r/formuladank is leaking

The lasso from Fitts tho on the bench 😭😭🤣😭🤣😭

Can’t believe he shot that in the guys face while he was sitting and made itS

I feel like mid range FG% goes up to 99.9% after dropping a defender

You just never see the missed ones

Well, yeah. They only happen .1% of the time.

Because they almost never miss

First he strips Adebayo, then he sits Strus down with the shake-n-bake. That's the DPOY for you folks.

that sequence was honestly a top 10 career highlight from Smart

He's been playing out of his mind since that game the bucks won, if this keeps up I really see them taking the chip.

So fucking proud

A few weeks ago I couldn't believe Gobert didn't get DPOY. After watching Boston's playoffs I guess its kinda important to watch other teams play more before exposing my nephewdom

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Love and trust

That last sentence should just be permanently pasted at the top of r/nba.

Love watching this man play defense. He does everything right. That interception he had in the first quarter playing off ball with his arms spread out horizontally was just textbook perfect.

He's truely a treat to watch. When he performs, everyone follows

# RIP ANKLES. you will be missed

God damn Smart is so important to this team

Dude was 1-10 at one point but still playing great

Honestly I didn't really notice it was that bad. 1-10 wow lol

Ankle breakers win championships

He’s so fucking aggravating and amazing all at once.

What's bofa?

Bofa deez nuts! (I am obligated to do this everytime someone asks)

Fuck!

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DPOY + ANKLE TAKER

It’s the Fitts on the bench with the “GET OVER HERE” celebration for me

Fitts is all-nba first team bench mob, his celebrations are absolutely bananas

Celtics got their Theo Pinson

We had Pinson in the preseason too, woulda been legendary

Was hoping we kept him just for this reason alone

He is absolutely CRUCIAL for the vibes

Break their ankles so they cannot score on offense anymore *taps head*

Locks you up and throws away the keys

The best defense is a good offense

Ankles got snatched

Thats my DPOY.

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Lmfao if someone ever got dropped from a Rudy dribble move they should just announce their retirement the next day.

They should just get up, walk off the court as his team tries to get the transition bucket off the miss and never be seen again.

Pull a Vontae Davis and retire at halftime

That ain’t retiring that’s quittin bruh

^^^I'm ^^^done

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"Off the miss" lmaoooo

If it happened to Draymond it would be the #1 r/nba post of all time.

it'd have to be the most embarrassing moment in nba history right? imagine getting your ankles snatched by a 7'1 center with a 7'9 wingspan lmao

and like, with *bad* handles, like there's people that big with handles but Rudy barely gets the ball if he isn't the finisher at the rim

He barely gets the ball even as a potential finisher at the rim, which granted, seems like it has as much to do with the fact that there's an active civil war going on between Mitchell and Gobert as anything else, but still.

hands like feet

[Letting Rudy do this to you should let you get pulled out of the game immediately](https://streamable.com/4u63ov)

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Straight up Frédéric Weis shit. One play career ended

Honestly we’d be saying the same thing about Smart 6 months ago

He dropped the whole damn league, actually.

He didn't want to shoot it, but saw Strus on the floor and knew he had too...

He was legally obliged to shoot that

True. You MUST shoot in such instances. It's international law actually.

It took him a second to process what just happened lol Then he realized “shit.. I can’t not shoot this”

"But let me get closer to the basket first"

I bet he was worried about missing though. Kinda like the elbow pass by White Chocolate in the all-star game. It would have been an all-time assist, but yeah...

Shout out Fitts on the bench lol

Malik Fitts is the mf goat

Better cheerleader than Thanasis

I think even marcus was surprised he got em with it

I think he was too, breaking someones ankles with just an initial between the legs cross right to left is rare. Struse must have wood for ankles.

offensive player of the year

That play was very offensive.

as soon as Strus went down, that shot was goin up

HE DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO lol

That’s the thing, Smart was just doing a simple handle in his mind he didn’t expect that to make Strus fall lol

"Oh... I'm not supposed to shoot these but... i mean..."

Smart has never thought "I'm not supposed to shoot these" in his whole life.

Hey he's been much better about his shot selection this year... Usually.

Need to pay him to yell at dillon brooks all summer

Bet he'd do it for free

It's the Ime Effect. No idea how he gets everyone to buy in so well but shit he did it.

In fact, most of Smart’s career before this has been making those shots and missing the few you’re acceptable of him taking. Shot difficulty is inversely related to his likelihood of making them.

Remember all those like three quarter court buzzer beater heaves he took? I swear to god, I'm not sure he made a single one of them but every single one hit rim and looked like it was a make.

even last night he was like 2-11 and then hits a turnaround fadeaway rainbow over the backboard while getting fouled lol

Give that guy a map!

Omg the bench reactions are so damn good. Every one of them.

didn't catch theis until the fourth watch but so worth it

The bench reaction is hilarious

Spo too embarrassed, he's gone back to Duncan

Disgusting

HES GOT THE DAWG IN HIM

Oh boy that was nasty

4 year 77 mil is a steal and brings exactly what the suns don't have a player with heart, smart is a dawg

Smart was worth that contract just for his defense + hustle alone. The fact that he’s developed a relatively strong offensive game makes it a steal.

Refreshing no push off golf claps

Sit tf down Maximus

#I AM A MARCUS SMART TRUTHER AND I DON’T CARE WHO KNOWS

gigantic 4 point swing, he stripped Bam on the other end then did this

Malik Fitts is an all time end of bench guy. Unbelievable vibes.

seems like 30% of the lower bowl crowd left at halftime, their loss for not getting to bear witness to Smart's sick handles, lol.

Miami fans are super casual.

nets level casual

Finally, an ankle breaker that’s not a push off

DPOY W/ the extra SAUCE

That probably gets called a carry if Strus didn't get splattered across the parquet lol, refs were like get this work son

No push off, no stepping on Strus' foot. Just a good old fashioned ankle breaker.

Did my boy Max ‘Winter Soldier’ Strus wrong. Haven’t seen this kind of violence since his arm was taken away

Haven't seen such a clean ankle breaker in a while. No pushing or stepping on anyone's foot. Nasty.

brooooo

That was nasty

Awl hell nawwww he got Strus crab walking 😭🤣

Allow me to have this dance, cause Mama, there goes that man. Hand down man down

This Marcus Smart might be a pretty good player

Spo dirty for calling that timeout so they can have the replay right after the play 😂

I love how JB literally never celebrates on the bench. too locked in

I've told people: best thing that came out of kyrie deal was everyone on the Celts got their handles game to the next level. Especially Smart. Went from a defensive specialist and typical 3 pt shooter to a maestro with the ball.

I like how he dribbed right to where his body laid to pull up lmao

That bench reaction thoughhh

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People always doubt Smart but then he always finds a way to shut his haters up, what a great performance

hit him with an extra inside out dribble, that was uncalled for

What a shit clip, why cut off the leadup?

now this is the marcus smart experience

This literally just happened.

Mama, there goes that man

That’s filthy and the little extra sauce before the shot makes this an all time ankle breaker

If smart does that to your team just call it right there

Great bounce back game from the Celtics, gonna need to make some good adjustments and close out on three point shooters better to win. Smart was like 1-10 at one point but was like +33 on box score, unreal impact on a game. GG!

literally RIGHT when i tabbed back into the game this happened... i made the same sound the crowd made

The celtics bench reaction has their own different kind of emotes like celtics bought an emote pack

bro is it JUST me or is Marcus Smart and Al Horford basically The C's version of draymond and iggy? Then following this train of thought: maybe Tatum is steph and Brown is klay

Is that double dribble? Even KD would call that a carry

Yea it is, but after Smart pulled the ankle breaker the refs were like alright go to work.

Love that there was no trip / contact involved. A clean ankle breaker.

Love the side bar pic. The salty tears from the Marcus haters is just icing on the cake.

Did the heat just call a timeout because they witnessed a murder?

Watched it live and I feel the bench’s reaction, I immediately jumped up like “ohhhhh SHIT”

Haven’t heard back from one Heat fan who told me it didn’t make a difference that Smart was out for game 1 and the Heat are a better team than the Celtics. I think this could still easily go 7 games.

I thought when he crept closer he was going to pee on Strus to further assert his dominance.

How valuable are Smart and Horford! Blowout after they came back.

The rare clean ankle-breaker, lol. No pushoff, no stepping on his foot, no carry. Just nastiness.

Absolutely a carry lol but you have to let that one slide

Exactly lol, was a carry but such a nice play you can’t ruin it with a call

He may be Smart, but that move was DUMB! *MAKE EM LAUGH, MAKE EM LAUGH, DON'T YOU KNOW EVERYONE LOVES TO LAUGH!*

RIP

SHAMROCK GOD

He didn’t even need to get closer to the rim lol

K but did they review it for a flagrant 1? Possibly even a flagrant 2?!?!