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Marcus Smart anchored the Celtics’ surging defense and earned CelticsBlog’s second Player of the Week award

Marcus Smart anchored the Celtics’ surging defense and earned CelticsBlog’s second Player of the Week award

Another week of Boston Celtics basketball is in the books, which means we’re back once more with the second installment of CelticsBlog’s Player of the Week award. Last week saw Robert Williams III take home the inaugural hardware after a 2-1 week in which he dominated nearly every facet of an NBA stat sheet, and after a particularly successful week of play from the squad, we have some very interesting options for who could follow him up.

This week was slightly busier, as the Celtics faced down four Eastern Conference matchups, with two of specific importance. They won all four games, opening the week with a home win over the top-seeded Miami Heat on Monday night, then defeating the fellow Eastern Conference playoff hopeful Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, before recording comfortable wins over the bottom-feeding Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic. So, in what was likely the best week of Boston’s season so far, who stood out?

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