<p><strong>Marcus Smart </strong>quickly became a<strong> fan favorite among <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/boston-celtics-t101837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Celtics</a> supporters</strong> because of his never-ending hustle, grit, and determination to put his body on the line in every single possession.</p>
<p>Smart is a defensive specialist that can guard one through five and his playmaking has come handily for <strong>Brad Stevens</strong>‘ team either coming off the bench or subbing in for an injured starter for 6 years now.</p>
<p>However, it seems like not even one of the leaders<strong> of one of the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba/The-25-NBA-teams-with-most-fans-20200423-0002.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most popular teams </a>in the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA</a></strong>is safe from racism, not even on his turf, as he recently admitted that he was a victim of racial slurs from a Celtics fan.</p>
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<h2>Marcus Smart Opens Up About Exchange With Racist Celtics Fan</h2>
<p><em>“I was pulling out of the arena parking lot when I saw a white woman with her five- or six-year-old son crossing against the light right as the cars were starting to come at them. I had my windows down and realized something bad was about to happen, so I yelled to her, politely, that she needed to hurry and get out of the street so the two of them wouldn’t get hurt. The woman was wearing an Isaiah Thomas number 4 Celtics jersey and there were all these other Celtics fans around who were at the game. <strong>I figured she’d be cool. Nope</strong>,”</em> Smart wrote on <strong>The Players Tribune.</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">From being followed by sales associates in stores as a kid to being called a slur right outside of TD Garden, <a href="https://twitter.com/smart_MS3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@smart_MS3</a> has experienced discrimination and prejudice more times than he can count.</p>
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<p> — The Players’ Tribune (@PlayersTribune)    <a href="https://twitter.com/PlayersTribune/status/1318309700254027778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2020</a>   </p></blockquote></div>
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<p><em>“She swung her head around and it was…<strong> ‘F*ckyou, you f*cking n-word!’</strong> For a second it was like I couldn’t breathe. Did she really say that? And in an instant, just like that, I was made to feel less than human. I wasn’t a person to this woman. I was a form of entertainment. Nothing more,”</em> Smart added.</p>
<p><em>“And, believe me, it took every ounce of restraint in my body not to curse her out. A few seconds later, I drove off. I just wanted it to be over. <strong>But I think about that night, that moment, a lot.</strong> And more than anything else, I think about… That little boy,” </em>Smart concluded.</p>
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<p>That’s one of the things that most NBA players wanted to speak up during their time in the bubble in Orlando, and one of the reasons <strong>why they felt like they had to take a stand against social injustice and racism.</strong></p>
<p>Whether you agree withthem or not or even if you feel that it’s not the player’s role or place to talk politics, there’s just no place in sports – or society – for these kinds of words and behavior, and <strong>no one should ever have to go through this or condone this.</strong></p>

Marcus Smart reveals a Celtics fan cursed him out with racial slurs

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<p>The <strong><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/boston-celtics-t101837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Celtics</a></strong> were against the ropes a couple of days ago, as they <strong>fell to a 0-2 hole </strong>in the Eastern Conference Finals of the <strong><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA</a> </strong>playoffs against the<strong> <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/miami-heat-t100209" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami Heat,</a></strong> one of the strongest defensive teams this year.</p>
<p>The Celtics blew a major lead in the second half of the game. They just couldn’t execute down the stretch and made a lot of unforced mistakes, clearly struggling to get anything going <strong>against Miami’s zone defense.</strong></p>
<p>So, things got a little heated right after the matchup, with <strong>Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown </strong>reportedly going at it, yelling, and even throwing things in frustration for such a tough and avoidable loss.</p>
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<h2>Marcus Smart Says The Celtics Are A Family</h2>
<p>That’s why All-Defense guard Marcus Smart reached out to <strong>Sam Amick of The Athletic </strong>to clear the air on what truly happened, admitting that he was -indeed- involved in the altercation but that the team is a family and all families fight eventually:</p>
<p><em>“Yeah, you know we just got together and made sure that we were on the same page. We told each other that we love each other.<strong> It was me, Jaylen, Jayson [Tatum], Kemba [Walker], and Brad Stevens</strong>,”</em> Smart said. <em>“You know, we just got together and made sure that what happened in the locker room was really in the locker room. It’s unfortunate that it got out, but it happened. <strong>Like I said, we’re a family. Families fight. I don’t expect anything less</strong>,”</em> The guard continued.</p>
<h2>Marcus Smart Says He Doesn’t Want His Teammates Holding Things In</h2>
<p>The Celtics’ pesky defensive specialist went on to say that he’d much rather his teammates saying what they felt because holding things in was only going to come back and hurt them eventually:</p>
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<p><em>“I expect that if a guy feels some way, then say it<strong>. I’d rather you say it than hold it in and let it come out too late.</strong> Like I said, it was electrifying for us to have it. It was something that probably we should have had a long time ago, but because we kind of just skated through we didn’t have to,</em>” Smart added. <em>“And we knew eventually it was going to come up to bite us with the way we’d been playing, so it was something that needed to happen. Like I said, I love this group of guys. We all love each other. We all know that when any of us get emotional, t<strong>here’s no malice and no bad intentions behind it.</strong> I think that’s kind of where and how we were all able to have the higher (outcome) because we all knew that it was coming from a great place,”</em> Smart concluded.</p>
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<p>Sometimes, those kinds of incidents just hold a team closer together. In fact, the Celtics were able to regroup, go back to what made them great and cut the Heat’s lead to 2-1. Now, they’ll look to even the series out <strong>and make the NBA Finals for the first time in a decade.</strong></p>
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Marcus Smart reveals a Celtics fan cursed him out with racial slurs

Marcus Smart reveals what really happened in the Celtics' locker room fight