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Celtics G Marcus Smart leaves game vs. Pacers with leg injury

Published Nov. 7, 2014 9:49 p.m. ET

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Celtics rookie Marcus Smart was carted to the locker room after he was taken down with a hard foul on his way to the basket against the Indiana Pacers.

Smart was carted to the locker room after crashing to the floor on a hard foul as he drove to the basket with 11:07 left. Smart never got up and his teammates gathered around as medical personnel attended to the injury. Boston fans chanted Smart's name and gave the guard a standing ovation as he was taken off on a gurney with his left leg elevated.

"It was very difficult. You hate to see a teammate go down, especially when he's playing well," Green said. "That game was for him. We had to win it for him."

Stevens said he was waiting on X-rays to see whether Smart sprained his ankle or broke it. After taking the speedy Oklahoma State guard with the sixth overall pick in the draft, the Celtics were collectively hoping it was a sprain.

"You think about how he feels. Your team is clearly affected by it because they care about him, which is a good sign," Stevens said. "And then you have to go play and that's hard."

Boston selected Smart out of Oklahoma State with the sixth choice in this year's NBA draft. The next pick was Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle, out for the season after breaking his right leg on opening night.

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