TORONTO -- Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart had a very simple Christmas wish: To wake up and open his eyes without any discomfort.
After dealing with a diabolical case of viral conjunctivitis that wound up causing an infection in both of his eyes -- an ailment that, including Boston's Christmas Day game here against the Toronto Raptors, has cost him seven straight games -- that was enough to make Smart smile Wednesday morning.
"Hell," he said when asked to describe what the last few weeks have been like, while sitting inside the visitor's locker room here at Scotiabank Arena.