BOSTON -- Celtics guard Marcus Smart said his mother, Camellia, began chemotherapy treatments Monday as she continues her fight after a recent diagnosis with bone marrow cancer, but she has implored her son to remain focused on Boston's playoff run.
The Celtics are 7-2 since Smart returned from thumb surgery late in Boston's first-round win over the Milwaukee Bucks. On Sunday, Smart's mother was surrounded by family as she watched Boston's Game 1 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals on Mother's Day.
"It's tough. I'm not going to lie, it is tough," said Smart.