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J.R. Smith is shirtless and everyone is crying: Experiencing the Cavs' parade

CLEVELAND — The guy flopped in the door on the corner of Euclid and Sixth, sunburned, sobbing and struggling to form words.

There was a lot of that in Downtown Cleveland on Wednesday; 1.3 million overheated, emotional, sleep-deprived people packed the Cavaliers' parade route, 1,299,999 of whom were not J.R. Smith. After seven hours of that, starting around the Pennsylvania-Ohio state line, one more barely deserved a glance. There were sandwiches to eat.

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Turns out our man wasn't overwhelmed by the day — not by the part you'd expect, at least.