Smith's hot streak rallies Cavaliers, Internet to winning Wednesday
J.R. Smith lit up the Hawks and social media Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in Atlanta.
The Cavaliers guard scored 28 points and made eight 3-pointers as Cleveland took a 1-0 series lead and seized home-court advantage with a 97-89 victory.
He keyed a big third quarter that saw the Cavs open up a seven-point lead -- and a lot of people took notice across Twitter.
Here's a sampling:
EARL JOSEPH (JR) SMITH! #CLEvsATL
— FOX Sports Live (@FOXSportsLive) May 21, 2015
Heatin' up! @TheRealJRSmith #CavsHawks
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) May 21, 2015
JR Smith has set a new @cavs playoff record with 8 made three-pointers. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/3hjhoLwjOi
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) May 21, 2015
Actual picture of JR Smith tonight @SC_Cleveland @RTNBA pic.twitter.com/Ob9Pa3M1Je
— RT Cincy (@RTCincy) May 21, 2015
JR Smith be like... pic.twitter.com/LX8GbFq0O0
— Mark Pantoni (@markpantoni) May 21, 2015
I have no words for this. #jrsmith
— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) May 21, 2015
J.R. Smith had a pretty good game: http://t.co/A3ErtZseRy pic.twitter.com/Ktj6GhbdrW
— SB Nation (@SBNation) May 21, 2015
JR SMITH's new Twitter avi... pic.twitter.com/tgFBZKMy2d
— Mohamed Sanu (@Mo_12_Sanu) May 21, 2015
JR bringing the fiyah on-and-off the court in #CavsHawks. #ALLinCLE https://t.co/LXz3z8S2gT
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) May 21, 2015
May 20, 2015: The JR Smith game pic.twitter.com/sN5ci7DiDo
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 21, 2015
Even the Hawks got in on it:
