Knicks fans got a little too wild outside of Madison Square Garden after Game 1, but J.R. Smith is surviving.
The former Knick talked about how social media is the real culprit for why it took so long for him to get up as a pack of wild fans nearly trampled him Monday night after the Knicks beat the 76ers.
“The Knicks fans saw JR walking and they couldn’t believe it, man,” former Knicks teammate Iman Shumpert said to Smith on an episode of “Run it Back.” “They gave him love. They gave him too much love and knocked him down in front of Madison Square [Garden]. Legendary performance.”
Smith responded: “The worst part about it is in this society, man, they’re so bad. Everybody just has their phone out, and I’m like, ‘Yo, bro, pull me up. Come on, dog.’”
Smith joked that he “needed some help” and was looking for Shumpert to come to his rescue.
Knicks fans were going wild after a 137-98 victory, and when they saw Smith outside the arena, they crowded him and nearly trampled the former NBA star.
Smith repeatedly told the fans to “relax” as they piled on top of him, but that did not stop them from crowding him.
The former Knicks guard, who played for the team from 2011-15 when the Knicks were a strong Eastern Conference contender with Mike Woodson as coach and Carmelo Anthony leading the charge, did not specify whether he would attend Game 2 following the dangerous encounter.
Shumpert and Smith were also teammates on the Cavaliers’ championship team in 2016 after a trade from the Knicks at the trade deadline.
The Knicks will look to keep their torrid pace going with Game 2 on Wednesday night at home.
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