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Cavs' Smith after loss: Concern 'extremely high'

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a 113-99 loss to the Washington Wizards on Sunday, Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith said his level of concern is "extremely high" about the state of the team that's suddenly lost three of its last four games.

"We can't play basketball like this going down the stretch," Smith said of the Cavs whose lead over the Toronto Raptors for the top seed in the Eastern Conference now sits at just 1 ½ games. "There's 24, 25 games left in the year and you talk about contending, being a championship contender and get blown out by a team .