WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA IN NBA FINALS GAME 2
LEBRON JAMES RATES HIS MATE WHO HAS BATTLED THROUGH ADVERSITY
"I think he's unique in his own way.
"Obviously he's a guy that's been counted out his whole life.
"Probably people have been telling him he's too small, he's not fast enough, can't shoot it enough, can't handle it good enough, and he's beat the odds so many times.
"The confidence that we have in him allows him to be confident in himself. He goes out and he just plays his tail off, and when a guy like that does that, he gets great results."
AND HE NEVER DOUBTED DELLY'S PAIR OF FREE THROWS WERE GOING IN
"Well, he was very calm.
"Before you get to the free throws, just to follow up on the missed three by J.J. (James Jones), usually when J.J., J.R. (Smith) and Mike Miller shoot, we don't rebound, because most of the time they make them.
"So for us, for Delly to be able to crash in and get that and go up there and knock two free throws down, that was huge."
WHAT ABOUT DELLY'S DEFENCE ON NBA MVP STEPHEN CURRY WHO HAD A SHOOTING SHOCKER
"It had everything to do with Delly.
"He just kept a body on Steph. He made Steph work.
"He just did a great job. Just trying to make it tough on Steph. That's all you can do. You make it tough on him. You get a contest, and you live with the results, and I think Delly did that.
CURRY DISAGREED WHEN ASKED IF DELLY HAD AN IMPACT ON HIS SHOOTING
"Nothing really just besides playing their game plan and playing defence like every pro is supposed to. Not giving up on any possession.
"But I doubt this will happen again, with the adjustments I'll make once I'll look at the film."
BUT KLAY THOMPSON KNEW DELLY CAME UP BIG FOR THE CAVS
"He had a good few plays there at the end, some big shots as well.
"I forgot to box him out on that last possession where he got the foul and I am going to think about that for a long time.
"I should have found my man, it was tough, but you have got to give credit, he made big plays.
COACH DAVID BLATT WAS RAPT AND DEFENDED TENACIOUS DELLAVEDOVA
"He's a courageous kid that plays right, there was a lot of a nonsense whirling around about his style of play. I think anyone that looks at him objectively and fairly realises he plays hard, heartfelt and tough basketball.
"He played big tonight and we needed him to.
LEBRON WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THE TEAM BUS DIDN'T LEAVE WITHOUT DELLAVEDOVA AGAIN
"I'm never going anywhere without Delly again."
