Lets not get crazy but a signature smelly game, they raving about him on sports center atm!

Whoops phone auto corrected delly to smelly lol

It's the most significant performance in a finals series game by an Australian ever. I'll give it that title.

Spot on RMQ!

lol

The Delly factor is real, folks. And we all know it.

The Dellavedova factor is real

Yeah, Bogut - what a quitter! Taking time off for a broken rib jutting into his lung and a severely broken arm. "Walk it off sunshine!"

Next he will take time off for a coma.

But as for Delly, no I rate Patty's final game ahead of this one for Delly. But this would be number 2. The good feeling is that I feel he has a few more games of this standard yet for us in these finals.

MVPatty's game 5 destruction of Miami was something else. But Yer Delly, go for it man.

"When was the last time Bogut represented Australia? I guarantee you Delly plays for the Boomers with a fractured rib. That's why he's in the league while higher rated AIS guys like Oglivly and Greenwood remain in the NBL."

There is a chronic divorce from logic in this quote. If you can't pick it out, I really wont waste time showing you what it is.

Bogut is no quitter, Delly is good not great. At this very moment is playing at his absolute best possible abilities. Id take Mills over Delly, but its closer than its used to be.

I just noticed ... its amazing in the NBA how many players dont dive for the ball, yet you see it more often than not in the NBL.

Green for the Warriors showed how you should go for the ball because he dived for it as did Delly.

Yeah, LeBron did "SFA"...

He just had 39pts, 16reb & 11ass for a 5th finals triple-double and is now just 3 behind Magic's 8.

#FacePalm

There was :p

That was fun to watch! I think that performance was more important than Mills going off in the second half of G5 (which was also bloody fun to watch!).

To consistently shut down the MVP over five periods is as elite as it gets. No surprise the Cavs are just as good with Delly in as Irving.

Shows that defence is every bit as important as offence, while some of Delly's subtle contributions on offence were also very important, some qulity Dillon Boucher imitations going on there!

Can't believe the hating on Delly.

Seriously, the guy is a major contributor on a team 3 wins away from an NBA championship.

Did you watch the game? Cavs played ISO ball for 90% of the game, as they did in game 1.

When Delly did have a chance to create, he made two nice floaters and a couple of nice dishes that were not all finished off.

His job however was to sit out on the three-point line and wait for LeBron to do his thing.

Agree that he had a chance to hit a few more shots.

His shooting percentage was better than the current NBA MVP in this game and he had a major part in ensuring that was the case ;)

"Nice dishes that weren't finished off is a waste of a pass. Hold onto it and find something better."

No idea.

Some people are getting too wrapped up in statistics here, watch the game and enjoy the result, Delly did great and his team won end of story...

"Must have been pretty damn subtle because all I saw was a starting point guard with 1 assist and 9 points in nearly 40 minutes"

Indeed, they were so subtle you can't even find them on the boxscore. For those who watched the game, they would have seen a number of clever Delly screens which freed up teammates. They didn't look part of the offence and you won't see too many others in the NBA doing it.

As I said, reminiscent of how Boucher used to have a big influence offensively without posting numbers, using his brain to capitalise on the other team not paying him respect.

The game is played at both ends and what delly May lack at one end on the stat sheet compared to some of the big names, he makes up for in spades with his energy and defence. Curry 0 of 8 with delly on him in today's gain plus 4 turnovers.
Great article on espn about the delly factor.

http://espn.go.com/blog/cleveland-cavaliers/post/_/id/1080/buoyed-by-delly-cavs-are-beating-the-odds

"Nice dishes that weren't finished off is a waste of a pass. Hold onto it and find something better. 6 turnovers also could have hurt Cavs a lot. Cavs need to draft a point guard and make Delly a shooting guard next season"

I am hoping this is a joke. Someone please tell me this is a joke? You need to be able to create your own shots to be a shooting guard.

Delly is a 2nd/3rd string ball handler, who makes smart passes, and is a 3 and D/Hustle guy. On a team that already has Kyrie Irving anyway, you don't need to go and get another Point Guard.

"So he screens like every other NBA player ever and that makes him useful on offense. So that game Antonine walker went 0-11 from 3 because he set some screens it's okay. Got it"

Well, that is really diminishing his effect by saying that. One could also say "so what? Lebron put the ball in the ring a few times? my grandmother can put the ball in the ring." - It completely lacks context. If you actually WATCH the game, how Dellys screens differ to just some random name you might pull from your coight might become evident. He is continuously working to make things better for his team.

Delly isn't being lumbered with praise from all over the US media, Lebron James, and commentators/analysts because he "straight out sucks". It is clear he is doing something very right.

Lol at the delly haters, any good coach knows how valuable a guy like him is to a team. No he's not and never will be a star but if you can't see the little things out there that players like delly contribute then I'm sorry but you really don't understand basketball ;)

Some people think that the only good player on the team is the big star. They don't realise that to win, you need role players. The Dream Team learnt this during the 00's, when their talent was no longer enough to steamroll to victory, they now needed to fill certain niches and holes and consider strategy.

18/64 shots from 3 Allstars, two of which are MVPs. Case closed!

Not counting him. Delly hardly guarded the dude.

"I've never said he straight out sucks. He's a fantastic defender. Not so fantastic offensive player (except for his excellent screens apparently)"

I think this is being taken out of context. He is more active than most players, and setting a lot of screens is just one symptom. There are certainly many players in the NBA who stand around a lot and wait to be given the ball - Delly is not one of those.

"I really don't understand why just because someone is Australian they get a pass for being incredibly average. Not one of our players is a scorer bar patty. Can't wait to see them get taken apart by decent basketball nations"

I don't think you get the concept. It is BECAUSE he is incredibly average that he is getting a "pass". Dellavedova doesn't have a single favourable attribute - scoring, size, athleticism or anything. But he hustles every single night and has made himself a niche in a team fighting for the NBA championships. He plays above himself. That is why he is "getting a pass". He is a guy who would not be in the NBA if not for his hustle and IQ, and he has made himself the talk of the series. Delly is the ultimate underdog, and if you were truly Australian you would identify with that rather than come in with your tall poppy syndrome bullshit.

As for scorers, we don't have NBA scorers but that doesn't mean we don't have guys who can score. Aron Baynes was pretty handy in the world cup and he is no scorer in the NBA. Ingles led us in scoring in a few international gigs and he is an NBA role player. Just because someone isn't a scorer in one team, or one competition, doesn't mean they can't be a scorer in another.

As for being 'picked apart' by decent international teams, I call bullshit on that. We were 2 points away from the top 8 in the World Cup, and we also smashed a very talented Lithuanian team. We were missing our 2 best players, and our best scorer. Undoubtedly if we had not clearly tanked against Angola, we would have got an easier first crossover and made the 8. I think we showed we were a decent world basketball team even without our best players - and there are many more to come.

In conclusion, your comments show only knowledge of NBA basketball - not of the world game. While I don't think Deli is anywhere near the most talented player in the world, he is a guy who defies the odds and deserves respect for that much.

You don't have to care. But at the same time, you don't have to run your mouth at people who do.

I'm with GWB

Game 3 will be the big test for him.

I've loved Delly since the first time I saw him play for the Gaels, and I've especially loved the way he has handled himself these playoffs. Couldn't be prouder or happier for the guy.
But these NBA writers just love to be polarising. One day he is trash, the next day he is responsible for shutting down the league MVP. The reality is somewhere in between.
He absolutely worked his arse off against the Warriors yesterday and got a lot of deserved recognition for it. But Let's not pretend he was the only factor in Curry having a quiet shooting night. I wouldn't be at all shocked if Stephen drops 40+ next game. He's just that good that when he gets rolling the best defenders in the league haven't been able to shut him down and Delly is not in that category.
The Cavs came out with a plan and did an awesome job of sticking with it, and the result was a road win against the odds. But the odds have a way of catching up with you in the end.

Dunno why fans can't appreciate what Delly has achieved though. Even if he doesn't make another contribution this series he has still had a season to be damn proud of IMO.

Absolutely right, Dunkin' Dan.

I think also, when people say "Curry just had a bad shooting night," they have to see it in context. Lets face it, Teague and D Rose must have "just had bad shooting nights" against him too.

The truth is somewhere in between. Curry probably didn't have his best night, and Delly all over him like a blue ass fly would have contributed. I don't think we can call Delly the worlds best defender but the guy did his thing.

It is wrong to say that Delly wasn't a big factor in Currys shooting woes, but it would also be silly to think that Curry couldn't have torched him if he was on his absolute A game.

I believe that Delly is the better option defensively on Curry than Irving would be.

Once again the hate is strong, no he's not the best defender in the world, but if you ever played any ball you would know that sometimes those in your face hustle guys can really cramp your style when you are used to having a little more freedom. I garentee you that the warriors are game planing how to take delly out of the picture and free up Stef more even as we speak....and just in saying that, as a backup point guard being thrust into the spotlight on the worlds biggest stage he has done more than his coaches could have asked for.....and he will probably get torched a couple of times this series, but ummmm last time I checked isn't it nearly every night that Stef torches someone!

"'ll go ahead and guess GWBs reply:

Delly/ hustle/ Americans know nothing/ 0-8 is the only stay that matters/ no stats anyone else can give count/ stats mean nothing except if it's how many shots Delly made Steph miss/ I <3 delly/ Lebron did nothing

Close?"

I have never been one to credit the win to Delly. He made some instrumental plays but you can't sleep on Lebron. Lebron clearly is why there was a game to begin with. So don't assume that I am braindead and ignorant.

I have also not pointed a whole lot to stats at all. I watch the game, and judge what I see in the game. I saw an unheralded and underrated guard take it to the MVP and make him very uncomfortable. But as I also said, in this very thread, some of this was due to Curry just having a bad game as well.

Curry can torch anyone in the NBA. Delly is no different. But Delly will make him fight for it. What more can you really ask?

You attempted to paraphrase me and you came up short.

I don't get what is with the Delly hate? He has exceeded anyones loftiest expectations.

That is a very good reply GWB, it is also very similar to what the NBA pre game chat is about. Let's face it, when a country lad from down under can be thrust upon the world stage like this and he has nothing but his guts and determination (apparently) to fall back on, well he hasn't done too badly has he??

No matter how game 3 goes, we can all be proud of him, and we should be...

https://youtu.be/oNul7OXHGio

Great breakdown if you've got the time.

http://www.newsweek.com/australia-taking-over-nba-340050

I did read this...

I just don't get the hate. Maybe Dellys performance is overhyped, so what? Wouldn't be the first time this has ever happened. He is doing his thing.

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Tip: It is really not that hard.

https://www.hashtags.org/analytics/delly/

#delly estimated at 10k tweets per hour.... but they're probably just all the homers on this thread I guess :P

Horrible start to the 4th for Delly.

This is only the second time ALL season Warriors are under 60 pts after 3 quarters. (First time was Game 2 of Finals)

Cavs in 5 if that keeps up

The haters can shut the fuck up now. Delly just keeps on producing.

Keep hating. It only seems to make him stronger.

I can't remember ever being happier for a player.

Just dropping by to read all the delly hate....little quiet atm for some reason ;)

This is what delly brings every single day. He has proven his worth in the league.

Has Mccarron got more NBA workouts after the LA one?

If they want a player with similar qualities, you can't look too far past McCarron or even Greenwood.

Lakers too.