Marcus Smart’s and Trae Young’s careers at Oklahoma State and Oklahoma never overlapped. We missed those would-be classic Bedlams by five years. But after what happened on Friday night, I wish we could have seen a tilt between these two in GIA.
Smart’s Celtics, currently second place in the Eastern Conference, hosted Young’s Hawks who came in on a nine-game skid. But it was Atlanta that looked the aggressor early with the Hawks building an 18-point lead first quarter lead over the home team.
Young poured in 28 points, 10 assists and five rebounds, but took 23 shots and committed six turnovers.