It was a night when the Celtics couldn’t hit the snowbank from their walkway, when the chill followed them inside the Garden and into the Field Goals Attempted category.
So, of course, they turned to their poorest shooting regular this side of Semi Ojeleye for answers and relief. The chaos theory, right?
Marcus Smart came in shooting 34 percent from the floor and proceeded to bail out the Bostonians with a team-high 18 points in a 91-84 victory over Minnesota last evening. He made 8-of-13 shots — the only Celt other than Terry Rozier (6-of-11) or Guerschon Yabusele (1-of-1) to hit 50 percent or better.