Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard JR Smith dismissed claims by the Washington Wizards backcourt duo of John Wall and Bradley Beal that the Cavs missed out on the top seed in the Eastern Conference last year to avoid them in the 2017 NBA playoffs.
On Saturday, Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com passed along comments from Smith, who said Cleveland wasn't trying to fall in the standings during a cold streak late in the regular season.
"We were playing horrible," he said. "It wasn't like we were just out there [trying to lose].