Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart on ejection for shoving Joel Embiid: `I`m going to protect myself`
(WorldNews Sport)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Marcus Smart was not in a remorseful mood Friday afternoon. Sitting on the sidelines at the Charlotte Hornets practice floor, still dripping with sweat from a fun-yet-intense one-on-one battle with Jaylen Brown, Smart was more defiant than apologetic during his first chance to tell his side of the $50,000 dollar shove of Joel Embiid. `It´s hard as a defender in this league, to play defense, unfortunately,` he began, his jovial post-practice mood shifting to serious as he recounted Tuesday night´s events. `You can´t touch anybody, and when you do it´s a call on you.` The call on Smart was the play that preceded the shove. Smart thought he´d made a clean steal...