Marcus Smart giveth and Marcus Smart taketh away.

After being a positive on both ends of the court through the first 47:58.8 seconds of the game on Wednesday against the Spurs, Smart had one heck of a faux pas.

During his attempt to end the game with a downcourt pass to Hachimura with 1.2 seconds remaining, Smart’s left foot never got out of bounds and, more specifically, was touching in-bounds as he threw the ball.

The result was a nervy ending that saw the Spurs have multiple chances to tie the game. Fortunately, the Lakers escaped with the win and, postgame, Smart took the blame for the mistake…mostly.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Smart said of his reaction to the call “I mean, I think when I released the ball, they said I stepped over. We see the play all the time where a guy gets the

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