JR Smith On New York Knicks Botched Buzzer Beater: It Was The Right Shot

J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks said his failed buzzer beater was the correct shot to take.

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The New York Knicks haven’t had many opportunities to win games this season though on Wednesday night (in front of Taylor Swift and Kate Upton none the less) all they needed was a three-point shot at the buzzer to claim victory.

Everything seemed to line up perfectly as they had the ball on their side of the court with just under four seconds left to play. All they needed to do was get the ball to Carmelo Anthony, right? Perhaps, but things didn’t go down that way as everybody’s favorite volume shooter J.R. Smith found the ball in his mitts as the clock started to tick down.

He could have passed, but then again we are talking about J.R. Smith and that’s not going to happen. Alas, Smith attempted to clear space by dribbling in circles before flicking up a 29 foot shot as the buzzer sounded.

It clanked off the glass and was not the play New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher drew up in the huddle. Still, Smith believed it was the right shot to take (of course he did).

“If I forced it to [Anthony], what kind of shot will he really have—a turnaround, fadeaway?” Smith asked, via Marc Berman of the New York Post. “It’s not the best shot we’d want. I don’t think it’s enough time for him to set his feet and do what he wanted to do. I think we went with the best shot and the right shot. I just didn’t make it.”

In fairness to Smith, the defense was plastered on Carmelo Anthony and getting the New York Knicks forward the ball wasn’t going to be easy. Still, if you have one player on the Knicks who you want taking a game winning shot (let alone from deep), it’s not going to be J.R. Smith.

Perhaps the blame goes to Fisher in the end though for having Smith on the court at such a crucial time.

J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks said his failed buzzer beater was the correct shot to take.

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