Five games into the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers and we still haven’t seen the real J.R. Smith. Sure we’ve seen glimpses of him especially in the first half of Game 5. But just as soon as it seemed that J.R. had come out to show himself in the series, he quickly disappeared again.
In the first three rounds of the playoffs, Smith had been a consistent source of scoring for the now undermanned Cavs. Against the Boston Celtics, J.R. averaged 9.8 points per game. Versus the Chicago Bulls, his scoring went up to 12.