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So why did smith play on?
Like everyone I've been hung on that question too.
There's the obvious, avoiding a difficult moment in the brightest glare etc..
But there's also this take.
What do they say the definition of dumb is? Doing the same thing that doesn't work - over and over again?
In some ways, in that most vital of moments, he trusted an instinct that couldn't have taken more than milliseconds to navigate, to hit the jets and take the shot on the run.
While he hasn't been as electrifyingly good at those finishes as he once was, it's probably still his favored and more reliable method of getting the ovoid through the big sticks.
He took the risk.
Have to back a player in that situation to pick the road to success he feels best about.