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Tyler Nettuno

Announcers deliver a perfect play-by-play of NC State’s Terquavion Smith’s chair-punching tantrum

With the season on the line and tensions at an all-time high, players can let their emotions get the best of them during March Madness.

That’s exactly what happened to N.C. State star Terquavion Smith during the Wolfpack’s first-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament loss to Creighton on Friday afternoon.

Smith shined in a 72-63 loss for No. 11-seeded N.C. State, scoring a game-high 32 points, but his team shot just 37.5% from the field and spent most of the contest playing from behind.

Late in the second half, Smith let his frustrations out on a chair, prompting an absolutely hilarious play-by-play breakdown of the outburst from announcers Steve Smith and Avery Johnson.

As they point out, Smith appears to consider flipping the team’s supply of Powerade before thinking better of it. That’s when the chair — a perfect target — came into sight.

Poor chair never stood a chance.

The tantrum didn’t last long as his teammates and a staffer quickly separated the two, but it was a good summary of a game the Wolfpack had a chance to win but ultimately weren’t able to execute well enough outside of their star player.

The NCAA tournament brings out both the best — and worst — in everyone, and we saw another example of that today.

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