Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler says Marcus Smart was only 'acting tough' during Game 4 altercation

Published Apr. 25, 2017 10:04 p.m. ET

Brett Pollakoff

The Celtics evened their first-round series with the Bulls with a 104-95 Game 4 win in Chicago on Sunday, and the postgame press conferences may have been even more entertaining than the game itself.

Jimmy Butler and Marcus Smart got into it during the second quarter and needed to be separated, but it was a minor incident that resulted only in technical fouls for each player.

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Butler essentially accused Smart of being a fake tough guy afterward, while issuing a warning that the nonsense needs to stop.

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"As far as the Marcus Smart situation goes, he's a great actor, acting tough," Butler said. "It's what he does. But I don't think he's about that. I'm the wrong guy, to get in my face. No. So, he needs to take it somewhere else, because I'm not the one for that."

Butler also said it was the first time Smart had something to say to him.

"Last time, too. We're not going to sit here and get in each other's faces like that. Like I said, he's not about that life, so ... calm it down."

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