"The year Jeff has been having is by far one of the top guards in the country," Smith said. "It’s no secret now. So what they’re doing now is ganging up on him and when he’s at the point by himself, there’s a big burden on him to score."

"When I come in I try to take the burden off of him. That’s my job to be on the bench and observe what we have to do to take this game to the next level or take it to a place where we can get some separation."