In the NBA regular season, the Lakers defeated the Jazz 140-126. Smart was interviewed.

Talking about defense, Smart said: "This is our creed. I have been in the league for 12 years and have always regarded this sentence as a creed. You can clearly feel - whichever team is more confrontational on the court, the momentum of the game will be biased towards that side. We have to be the most tenacious team from beginning to end."

In this campaign, Smart scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.