Before the start of the 2015 NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt expressed full confidence in Matthew Dellavedova's ability to contribute to his team under any circumstances.
"Delly's the kind of guy that you can throw in any situation," Blatt told Bleacher Report's Jared Zwerling. "He's one of those kids that if his parents were to throw him into the water before he knew how to swim, he'd be doing the backstroke, the breaststroke and the crawl before any of us even figured out he was in there. So whatever we need him to do, he'll be ready to do."
Those comments came before Game 1 against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. Little did Blatt know that Dellavedova would unwittingly wind up as the fulcrum on which his team's Finals fate may well hinge.
The Cavaliers announced Friday that Kyrie Irving will miss the remainder of the Finals—and the next three to four months of basketball activities. He will undergo surgery "in the coming days" to repair his fractured left knee cap. Irving came into this series with tendinitis in that same knee but appeared to suffer this particular injury&nb ...
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Can Matthew Dellavedova Fill Kyrie Irving’s Void for Cavaliers in NBA Finals?
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