The Boston Celtics will be sweating on the extent of Marcus Smart's injury and his timetable to return after losing their defensive ace to an ankle injury this past weekend.
Smart won defensive player of the year last season and remains one of the best on-ball defensive players in the league and vitally important to the team.
But he had to be carried off the court against the Toronto Raptors after falling awkwardly. The Celtics were down 57-49 to the Toronto Raptors, but their problems got a lot worse as Smart went down. The Celtics had already missed Jayson Tatum in that game, who did not play the following game in a loss to the Orlando Magic, with Celtics then being without a number of players the following game - another loss - this to the Miami Heat.
