J.R. Smith: Hacker posted 'Cavs in 7' tweet, 'but I like the way he's thinking'

CLEVELAND - J.R. Smith maintains faith in his team's chances despite being down 3-0 to the Golden State Warriors, but the Cleveland Cavaliers guard said he didn't fire off the "Cavs in 7" tweet that set social media ablaze moments after Game 3.

"I didn't put it out. Somebody hacked my account," Smith told theScore as he walked through the bowels of Quicken Loans Arena. "But I like the way he's thinking. Sounds good to me."

Aside from the potential social media taunts he would have received should Cleveland fail to storm back to win the series, another reason Smith might not want his name attached to the tweet is the NBA's social media rules. Players aren't supposed to tweet postgame until their team's locker room has been opened to the media. Smith's now-deleted tweet was sent (at 12:04 a.m. ET) about 15 minutes after the buzzer had sounded on Wednesday's crushing loss, while head coach Tyronn Lue was addressing the media, and within mere moments of Cleveland's locker room being made available to reporters.

Tweet or no tweet, Smith says the defending champs will treat Friday's Game 4 - and potential elimination games to follow - as they would any other.

"You've got to believe (you can win) in any game, not just in Game 4. We believed that Game 1, going into it, Game 2, Game 3. You've got to believe that no matter who you're playing, or what game it is," Smith said of the historic hill the Cavs have to climb in order to repeat as champions.

"It's not a factor - going into it thinking, 'Oh man, we've got to win this game and then (win) an extra game or we're gonna lose' - nah, we've got to go in with the belief that we're going to win all the time."

Aside from LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, Smith was the only other Cavalier in double figures Wednesday, scoring 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting from deep after managing just three points combined - on 1-of-6 shooting - in the first two games of The Finals.