Interesting fact this season on the number of shots Smart takes and the win/loss column:
Number of shot taken > 10, total = 8 games, 2 W, 6 L, 25% Win rate
Number of shot taken <=10, total = 8 games, 7 W, 1 L, 88% Win rate
What a difference it is, though the sample size is only 16 games. In fact, the only loss to Indiana when Smart took 8 FG is only by 1 point.
We can argue that Smart feels the pressure to shoot more when he thinks that the Celtics is losing, and vice versa. But the fact is, his hero ball does not work! Our team still lost with an alarming rate.
So, even when we are behind, Smart should not take over by shooting more, but he still needs to resort back as the ball distributor. Let the 2 Jays takes the bulk of the shots. We live by them, die by them.