J.R. Smith is never shy about shooting the basketball, no matter the quality of the shot. He’s excelled since a midseason trade to Cleveland by knocking down open spot-up jumpers, but he hasn’t lost his appetite for 40-footers, including this heave at the halftime buzzer on Sunday, which was very well-contested by Bulls guard Tony Snell:
JR Smith hits the RIDICULOUS three to end the 1st half on #NBAonABC! #NBARapidReplayhttp://t.co/kpb1oSqPaN
— NBA (@NBA) April 5, 2015
Even for Smith, it was a shot you can’t count on making. It’s a pipe dream, if you will. All he could do afterwards was take a bow: