Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith will face no additional discipline from the NBA over his shove on Boston Celtics center Al Horford.
Smith committed the dangerous play in the fourth quarter of Cleveland’s Game 2 loss and was assessed a flagrant one at the time. That, however, will be the end of it, and Smith is in the clear for Saturday’s Game 3.
The NBA will not discipline Cleveland's JR Smith for the foul on Boston's Al Horford in Game 2 of Eastern Conference Finals, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 16, 2018
Given that the officials didn’t even eject Smith at the time, that’s no surprise, though you could make the case that Smith deserved harsher punishment. The Celtics certainly weren’t happy, nor should they have been, but they can take solace in the fact that they’re the ones with a commanding 2-0 lead in the East finals.
