J.R. Smith's dirty foul on Al Horford led to Marcus Smart going after him

BarDown Staff

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Tuesday night, the Boston Celtics had a chance to take a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals and you just knew it was going to be a much tougher game to win than the first game.

Boston kept fighting, though, after being down at half and in the 4th quarter, the Marcus Smart of the Celtics almost fought (literally) with J.R. Smith of the Celtics due to his questionable foul on Al Horford.

Marcus Smart had Al Horford's back. 😠 pic.twitter.com/Q18NctWeSD
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 16, 2018

Marcus Smart did the right thing. Defended his teammate

Really dirty play from JR Smith#Celtics #CUsRise pic.twitter.com/8mU21unZiX
— Guy Boston Sports (@GuyBostonSports) May 16, 2018

Marcus Smart was ready to throw #ThemHands after JR Smith pushed Al Horford from behind 😬 (via @DefPenHoops) pic.twitter.com/KLczyvM32m
— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) May 16, 2018

You can't blame Smart for reacting the way he did because it was a dirty play from Smith to say the least and if you were on Twitter when the incident happened, some fans wanted Smart to start throwing punches.

If JR Smith fought Marcus Smart, he’d be dead in seconds.
— Rich Keefe (@Keefe21) May 16, 2018

They should have just allowed Marcus Smart to knock out JR Smith
— Savage Boston Sports 🇺🇸🍀 (@SavageBoston) May 16, 2018

J.R. Smith is not about that life.

Marcus Smart? About that life.
— CelticsBlog (@celticsblog) May 16, 2018

JR Smith thinks Marcus Smart is not about that life.

Newsflash: he IS about that life, and he's gonna show it to you every, single, play.
— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) May 16, 2018

Marcus Smart would literally kill JR Smith in a fight pic.twitter.com/dhOOmMAbCZ
— Roy Report (@royreport) May 16, 2018

If I’m the Celtics, I have zero problem with Marcus Smart coming after JR Smith for that push on Horford. Stand up for your teammates. Another reason why I love how baseball and hockey players handle things.
— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) May 16, 2018

I’d do the same thing if I was Marcus Smart.

Trash play by J.R. Smith.
— Geoff Mosher (@GeoffMosherNFL) May 16, 2018

Smart didn't throw any punches in the game, but he did a bit of everything else as he finished with 11 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals in Boston's win.