Second-year guard Matthew Dellavedova stepped his game up big time in the absence of Kyrie Irving, who only played 12 minutes scoring six points on 2-of-2 from the field. Notching a postseason career-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting in 34 minutes of action. Helping the Cavaliers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the 1st time since 2009.
“Delly coming in under extreme circumstances, leading our team in scoring. It was his impact. He made shots, but what he did defensively. Picking up a change on D-Rose. Just trying to create havoc defensively. These two, as hard as they play, as a coach and as a leader for me, you have no problem with them making mistakes. Because of how hard they are playing. Their intensity. They give everyint to the team. They’re giving everything they got. We don’t get this win without 13 and 17 from this guy. And just how in-tuned they were.”
The Cavaliers will begin their series with either Washington or Atlanta Wednesday May,20th.
H/N Cleveland.com
