Memes of Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart flood the internet after crucial Game 5 moment
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Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart reacted like a firecracker had gone off nearby when Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday stepped forward and simply took the ball away in the final moments Wednesday in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, helping Milwaukee seal a 110-107 win in Boston and take a 3-2 lead in the series.
Those in Milwaukee, naturally, took notice, particularly because Smart was named this year's NBA Defensive Player of the Year and Holiday, also acclaimed for his defense, took eighth in the voting. But Holiday's steal and block against Smart proved to be two gargantuan moments. And Smart's over-exuberant reaction to the latter, which lines up with Bucks' fans sentiment that Smart has a propensity for "flopping," has joined the meme-verse.
Giannis, Jrue and Bobby come up HUGE down the stretch of an instant-classic Game 5 to put the @Bucks up 3-2!
Relive the final minutes 🍿 pic.twitter.com/eefBry3ywl— NBA (@NBA) May 12, 2022
Our DPOY. 🤩 pic.twitter.com/nBzHd2WoWf
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) May 12, 2022
Smart became the first guard since 1996 to be named the league's Defensive Player of the Year. Giannis Antetokounmpo took sixth in the voting, and Celtics big man Robert Williams took seventh, just ahead of Holiday.
Check out these examples of how Bucks fans immortalized the moment.
I just taught myself iMovie for this alone pic.twitter.com/ABE0AMZ3Lp
— Kenny (@kennyshirley) May 12, 2022
Jrue Holiday when Marcus Smart won DPOY pic.twitter.com/gkzUI7RVGx
— Moneybagg Yo(hannes) 🇪🇷 (@AronYohannes) May 12, 2022
Jrue Holiday to Marcus Smart: I’m the Defensive Player of the Year now pic.twitter.com/1jU2bGssAX
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 12, 2022
Who danced it better? Marcus Smart or Michael Flatley? #riverdance https://t.co/Z5JZ6LCrbI pic.twitter.com/UWyFiWTr8g
— Molly Hogan (@MiMiHogan) May 12, 2022
Two types of competitors pic.twitter.com/Y48kGRrkMT
— Travis Schlepp (@travischlepp) May 12, 2022
Marcus Smart is going to be flopping his way to Cancun 😂 #bucksin6 @NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com/fy6V68q8FZ
— MKE Social (@MKE_Social) May 12, 2022
#marcussmart pic.twitter.com/HbqudiDWdy
— Shea (@Saladman0224) May 12, 2022
RIP Marcus Smart pic.twitter.com/R03yWK2pAB
— Nick (@SuuperBlah) May 12, 2022
It makes sense now. pic.twitter.com/YAAWB23USO
— Brent Suter’s Actual Raptor (@BrewersRaptor) May 12, 2022
It's now art. pic.twitter.com/lEprRm7T1j
— Mike Wickett 🇺🇲🎙🏈🏀👨👧👧👩👦🤘🚀 (@mikewickett) May 12, 2022
iconic bucks moments of a player who selflessly gave the ball up pic.twitter.com/SW8yujIwHb
— Pratik (@PatelESPN) May 12, 2022
Jrue Holiday is the first player over the last 25 postseasons to record a block and a steal inside the final 10 seconds of the 4th quarter of a playoff game. pic.twitter.com/D9Mpu5jr9C
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 12, 2022
JR Radcliffe can be reached at (262) 361-9141 or jradcliffe@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bucks' Jrue Holiday steal against Celtics' Marcus Smart becomes a meme
