Stephen A. Smith may not have played his cards right.<\/p>\n
The polarizing ESPN personality is being criticized for playing the popular card game Solitaire during the Thunder\u2019s 111-104 road win<\/a> over the Pacers in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday, with even rival NBA player Kevin Durant joining in on the mocking.<\/p>\n Durant posted to his Instagram story the image of Smith playing the game while at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n \u201cCMON STEVE,\u201d Durant wrote on the bottom of the photo. <\/p>\n Smith maintained he only turned to the mobile version of the game during a stoppage in play in a response to a quote tweet from popular NBA aggregator on X @LegionHoops showing him playing cards.<\/p>\n \u201cYep! That\u2019s me. Who would\u2019ve thought\u2026.I can multi-task. Especially during TIMEOUTS!\u201d Smith wrote in a quote tweet of the post. \u201cHope y\u2019all are enjoying the NBA Finals. This is going 7 games now, peeps!\u201d<\/p>\n The photo of Smith playing Solitaire. @LegionHoops\/X<\/p>\n However, not everyone is buying that response.<\/p>\n The community note on Smith\u2019s post claims he\u2019s fabricating his story and linked to a video showing Smith playing the game during in-game action.<\/p>\n \u201cStephen A. Is lying. This photo was taken during gameplay, NOT during a timeout,\u201d the community note states.<\/p>\n The video linked in the post came from user @feellikedrew, who posted a video showing the Thunder going for a basket before cutting to Smith with the game on his phone.<\/p>\n The end of the clip showed the Pacers running a play.<\/p>\n \u201cBro talks about knowing ball,\u201d the caption read. \u201cHe\u2019s playing solitaire during the NBA finals.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen A Smith NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n The action happening while Smith was shown playing a card game on his phone. @FeelLikeDrew\/X<\/p>\n Smith attempted to get the last laugh by posting just after midnight a photo showing a Solitaire hand with an inset image from when the Pacers led, 87-80, with 11:36 remaining in the game.<\/p>\n The Thunder outscored the Pacers, 12-1, in the final three minutes to even the series at 2-2.<\/p>\n Pacers fans and Durant are upset with the controversial Smith for comments he\u2019s made.<\/p>\n Smith would not classify Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton as a superstar and then fired at Haliburton<\/a> after the guard chirped at NBA pundits \u2014 he didn\u2019t name Smith specifically \u2014 after pulling the Game 3 upset.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, by the way, just in case he was talking about me. My brother, I\u2019m not going away,\u201d Smith said on \u201cFirst Take\u201d on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m going to be here for a while. .. Players far more accomplished and far more superior have made their efforts trying to call me out. How has that worked out?\u201d<\/p>\n Kevin Durant posted this shot to his Instagram Story. @easymoneysniper\/Instagram<\/p>\n Kevin Durant and Smith have feuded plenty. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n