Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart takes a page out of Luke Kornet's book on 3 point defense

Marcus Smart on playing with Kevin Durant I get to be on the other side of him taking the shots and not taking the shots over mehis ability to make shots it doesn't matter who's there And it also doesn't help that he's close to seven foot and I'm close to six foot

Tony Allen doubles down on his comments on LeBron's defense When they played OKC you think LeBron is starting out the game on KD No he's gonna stick Sefolosha So you got 41min of sticking Sefolosha the last 2min you get a chase down block and get the win now you just 1st team all defense

Al Horford throws a long pass to Jaylen Brown for his 24th point after a created turnover from Marcus Smart

Obviously KD is right about needing to hit shots to win but is it really that easy for players to become good defenders like he says

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships