Celtics guard Marcus Smart wins third NBA Hustle Award


FILE–Marcus Smart #36 of the Boston Celtics is restrained by head coach Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics after being ejected during the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center on January 03, 2023 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

FILE–Marcus Good #36 of the Boston Celtics. Ian Maule/Getty Pictures/AFP 

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Good received the 2022-23 NBA Hustle Award, the league introduced Thursday.

It’s the second straight yr and the third time in 5 seasons that Good, 29, has obtained the annual honor.

The so-called hustle stats — deflections, free balls recovered, expenses drawn, display screen assists, contested pictures and box-outs — have been tracked by the NBA since 2016. The award was first offered in 2016-17.

Good, the 2021-22 NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months, averaged 11.5 factors, 6.3 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 61 video games (all begins) in 2022-23.

“His power performs, the sacrifices he makes for his teammates, the all-out effort by which he competes might not seem within the conventional field rating,” learn the NBA information launch. “However these performs had been key to Boston ending with the second-best report within the NBA (57-25) and helped Good earn his third profession NBA Hustle Award.”

Golden State Warriors ahead Draymond Inexperienced completed second within the voting and Indiana Pacers swingman Aaron Nesmith was third.

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