It was almost a foregone conclusion as to who was going to take the final shot for the Cavs in Game 3 on Friday night.
Except it didn’t play out how anyone expected, thanks to ballhog JR Smith.
The Cavs trailed by only two points, and Smith grabbed a rebound off a missed foul shot with roughly five seconds left.
Apparently, he felt that entitled him to a look at a potential game-winning shot. Smith brought the ball up the floor, and rather than passing to a wide-open Jordan Clarkson on the wing, or hitting LeBron James in the paint, he chucked up an awful, contested shot that had no chance of going in. And he missed.
JR Smith has been training all his career for this kind of awful game ending play pic.twitter.com/YJLhj905Iu
— Chris Spags (@ChrisSpags) April 21, 2018
James was not happy about it afterward. You can see in this shot where he actually signaled for Smith to pass to Clarkson, after initially calling for it. Smith did neither, and you can see by LBJ’s facial expression that he wasn’t thrilled about the poor decision..
watch lebron here:
– wanted the ball
– pointed to a wide open jordan clarkson in the corner
– was about to maybe console JR smith but was like "fuck it i'ma just gonna walk away" pic.twitter.com/i7KNEA0i0F— nbaayy (@nbaayy) April 21, 2018
Classic JR Smith — “hero ball” at its finest.
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