Stephen A. Smith Calls Out 'Inexcusable' NBA Star

"Here's my deal, are you the superstar player you've proclaimed to be or not," Smith asked on Tuesday's edition of "First Take." "The fact of the matter is Ant-Man is special, we all know this. And you saw how special Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was. That individual pride is what I was looking for. I don't want to hear something like, 'I made the right play.'"

"One would think you would embrace the level of aggression that's needed in order to do all that you can do to ensure that your team does not lose," the ESPN personality continued. "That's what Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did. They got blitzed by over 40 in Game 3. What does Shai do? Shai, the reigning league MVP, a man you watched hoist the MVP trophy just a few days ago, goes out there on your home turf and drops 40, 10, and 9. I'm going to repeat that again. 40, 10, and 9."

"And your response is, 'well you know what, I don't think I struggled, I made the right play' when it was a relatively pedestrian offensive performance for you. That's inexcusable as far as I'm concerned. Ant Man is so much better than that."

Edwards was once again held under 20 points by the stifling OKC defense — choosing to defer early on before upping his aggressiveness a bit in the second half.

Still though, the three-time All-Star only finished with 13 shots (as he did in Minnesota's Game 1 loss). And while you could certainly argue that offense wasn't the problem for Minnesota last night, it's probably going to take more than that on Ant's part to get past this Thunder team.

We'll see how he responds on Wednesday night in a do-or-die game for the Wolves.