Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was pretty awesome Wednesday, scoring 28 points off the bench in the Cavs’ 97-89 Eastern Conference Game 1 victory. Smith’s 28 points was the most he had ever scored in the playoffs, and his eight made 3-pointers set a Cavaliers playoff record. He also scored all 28 of Cleveland’s bench points.
Needless to say, the internet was impressed.
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Who could blame them when he was making shots like this?
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Of course, there was some really awesome material, like this incredible video.
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There also were plenty of funny tweets, including some humorous jabs at the New York Knicks, who traded Smith and Iman Shumpert for a good ball boy back in January.
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But then the internet went too far, as it often does, and compared Smith to the greatest player of all time: Michael Jordan.
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So, how exactly did Smith morph into Jordan? Simple.
Keep doing you, J.R.
Thumbnail photo via Dale Zanine/USA TODAY Sports Images
