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VIDEO: Russ Smith Does Russ Smith Things, Rick Pitino Brings The Hate

Checking back in with Louisville guard Russ Smith for a moment.

That’s Smith all alone trying to get his showtime on. And he blows the dunk, because of course he blows the dunk there. The miscue was good enough for some chuckles, but Rick Pitino brought the noise in his halftime interview.

“You gotta lay the ball in. You gotta forget about the dunk. Any 5-10 guy in the streets of New York can dunk.”

/looks at Russ Smith, about 5-foot-10 from New York

Nope!

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