Marcus Smart

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Really? Marcus Smart draws 3-shot foul on Antetokounmpo at ... (NBC Sports)

The referees ignored the halfcourt heave fouls all season, but when Giannis Antetokounmpo fouled Marcus Smart in Game 7, the Celtics got the call.

Smart’s heave was the cherry on top and had Boston up 48-43 at the half. This call broke with that pattern. If they did, it was not a shooting foul.

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But it's still lame to not only call the foul there but say Smart deserved three foul shots. Smart would go on to make all three free throws to put the Celtics up 48-43 at halftime. The Milwaukee forward reached in to take the ball back from Smart and was not only called for a foul but ruled to have committed the infraction while Smart was in the act of shooting.

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