J.R. Smith is one NBA player who walks to the beat of his own drum and that was never more evident than following the Cleveland Cavaliers' heartbreaking loss in Game 3 of the NBA Finals ... maybe.
Moments after the Cavs fell behind 3-0 in the NBA Finals, JR Smith issued a bold and eyebrow-raising prediction
Don't do them, JR. You do you.
The Golden State Warriors scored the final 11 points to erase a six-point deficit and stretch their lead to 3-0 in the series and seemingly crush all hope for the Cavs. All hope except for Smith's hope.
Within minutes of the game ending, Smith sent out a simple, yet mind-boggling tweet: "Cavs in 7." As in, Smith was predicting the Cavs would erase the 3-0 deficit and come back to win the series in seven games.
The tweet was quickly deleted, and Smith later claimed he never sent the tweet. But here is a screengrab, via Twitter user @JTied23:
When Smith was asked about the Tweet, he told Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com that he was hacked.
"I did not tweet that," Smith said. "I'm smarter than that. ... "
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