Marcus Smart’s three-point shooting woes persist
Across the opening three games of this series, Smart was not only Boston’s best all-around player but their most accurate three-point sniper as well. He converted 13 of his 24 treys heading into Game 4, a 54.1% clip on eight attempts per contest. It was wishful thinking that Smart would replicate his efficiency and usage from downtown for the series’s entirety. But Smart’s accuracy hasn’t taken merely a slight dip since Game 3. It has plummeted.
For perspective on the extent of Smart’s fall from grace in long-range effectiveness, he’s only 3-for-18 in Games 4 and 5 thus far.