It comes as a surprise to no one that JR Smith is extremely confident in the New York Knicks beating the Boston Celtics. So confident in fact that it looks like he is already celebrating a series win. After being suspended for Game 4 for elbowing Jason Terry, Smith vowed that his team would win Game 5 in New York because he would be back on the court. Unfortunately, Smith did not make a shot until the very end of the game and it was too little too late. Nobody could understand what happened to the reigning Sixth Man of the Year who had been giving teams headaches all year round.
However, it looks like Smith may have celebrated too hard the night before as pictures of Smith downing alcohol at a club have surfaced. Smith visited three clubs on Tuesday night, less than 24 hours prior to Game 5; a game the Celtics were NOT playing around in. This is why it was so vital for the Knicks to pickup a veteran like Jason Kidd who will explain to Smith that was probably the dumbest thing he could before a game. It is time for Smith to relax on the trash talk with the Celtics and quit the clubbing before games and get back to driving to the rim which made him so effective. Otherwise, it will be a LONG offseason for Knicks’ fans.
