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Marcus Smart becomes first guard since 1996 to win Defensive Player of the Year

Marcus Smart clearly knew what was up when he walked onto the Auerbach Center practice floor Monday and saw Gary Payton standing next to an easel holding a blown up picture of a tweet the Celtics guard had posted on March 8.

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Watch: Gary Payton Jokes With DPOY Marcus Smart Before Presenting Award

The NBA legend dropped by Celtics practice to surprise the 28-year-old with the news.

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NBA Twitter reacts to Celtics’ Marcus Smart winning the 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award

The NBA Twitterverse had plenty to say in their reaction to Marcus Smart winning the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year award.

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Watch Gary Payton Sr. inform Celtics’ Marcus Smart that he is the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year

The Glove was the last guard to win the award in 1996.

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NBA names Celtics’ Marcus Smart 2022 Defensive Player of the Year

He is the first guard to be so honored since Gary Payton won the award in 1996.

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Bam Adebayo thinks Heat didn’t have enough games on national TV to win Defensive Player of the Year

Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo thought the voting for Defensive Player of the Year was disrespectful. Does he have a point?

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Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart makes cut as finalist for 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award

The Flower Mound native is one of three candidates for the award.

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Boston star Jayson Tatum talks about buzzer-beating play from Marcus Smart in Game 1 Nets win

The St. Louis native believes the team has grown in terms of making the right play when it counts.

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Tatum’s layup gives Celtics 115-114 Game 1 win over Nets

BOSTON — In a first-round game that had the hype and energy of the conference finals, the Celtics and Nets rose to new heights for a Game 1 in mid-April.

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Watch: Tatum’s Buzzer-Beater Lifts Celtics to Stunning Win vs. Nets

The three-time All-Star’s clutch layup gave Boston a 1–0 series lead over Brooklyn.

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WATCH: Boston secures Game 1 against Brooklyn as Marcus Smart hits Jayson Tatum for buzzer-beating layup

Check out the electric play that won the Celtics the game in this clip.

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Jayson Tatum hit a gorgeous buzzer-beating layup over Kyrie Irving to stun the Nets in Game 1

What a play!!

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Kevin Durant moves up to No. 8 in all-time playoff scoring list past Jerry West

Marc J. Spears: With his first four points of the afternoon, Nets say Kevin Durant (4,458 points) has moved past Jerry West (4,457 points) into eighth place on the NBA's all-time playoff scoring list. Next up: Karl Malone (4,761 points). Source: ...

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NBA awards poll: Marcus Smart to win Defensive Player of the Year?

This award was separated by the thinnest of margins, with Marcus Smart edging Mikal Bridges by three total points, according to the ballots collected by HoopsHype. If Smart wins the award, he'd be the first guard to win this category since Gary ...

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Kyrie Irving on vaccine stance: ‘I know that I made the right decision for me’

Irving's response came after he was asked what his message would be to people who have followed his story - specifically those who acknowledge that he had every right to take the stance he took but say his choice put the team in a much less ...

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Nets vs. Celtics playoff preview: Can a Brooklyn team with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving be the underdog?

This time last year, the roles were reversed.

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How Boston’s moving Marcus Smart to point guard helped fuel the Celtics’ historic turnaround

Moving Smart to be Boston's floor general was a brilliant move in retrospect.

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Ime Udoka, Marcus Smart rate well but win no 2022 hardware for Celtics season in new USA TODAY panel projection

The panel of analysts are not so bullish on the Boston duo.

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Warriors vets would have interest in Rudy Gobert?

Another star big man who the Warriors could face this postseason is Utah's Rudy Gobert, a four-time All-NBA pick and three-time Defensive Player of the Year. Looking ahead, though, a West exec believes that he could be a trade target in the event ...

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NBA Awards: Official Picks for MVP, Rookie of the Year and More

Handing out honors for the 2021-22 NBA regular season.

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Is Boston Celtics point guard Marcus Smart really the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year?

And where does his play on that end this season rate historically?

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Boston’s Marcus Smart sings praises of shorthanded Celtics’ bench mob in near-win over Bucks

The Flower Mound native had plenty of things to say about the next men up Thursday night.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo put his money in 50 different banks

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had more banks than letters in his name before Avenue Capital Group founder Marc Lasry stepped in. The National Basketball Association's two-time most-valuable player had accounts open at 50 different ...

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Celtics fall short in Milwaukee, 127-121

Good health is the key, Ime Udoka says after a season when the opposite was often true.

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Jayson Tatum’s Improved Passing Should Terrify the NBA

Tatum’s playmaking ability was in doubt earlier this season. Now it's a huge reason why Boston is a title contender.

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