Let’s just get this out of the way- if you think that Dellavedova play on Al Horford was dirty then you’re probably the biggest assface in the world (Hi Stephen A. Smith!)

Gosh how dare Delly dive at Al Horford’s legs like that?! So despicable. There’s no place in the NBA for that…

I just don’t understand how this turned into “Delly is a dirty player” when Al Horford elbowed him purposely in the back of the head? Somehow diving for loose balls is now equivalent to dropping People’s Elbows in the middle of a basketball game? Why not talk about how Horford lost his composure because he let a 2nd year Australian get in his head in the Eastern Conference Finals? But nahhh let’s spin that narrative, Reggie and C-Webb. Start getting the train rolling for that golden boy Steph Curry & the Warriors vs. the scumbag Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. The real story from last night is that Al Horford is a mental midget and lost his cool in the biggest game of his professional career. That’s it.

But anyways….

LeBron missed his first 10 shots… but finished with 37, 18, and 13… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯; JR Smith had 17 points and 10 boards; Dellavedova hit four 3s and finished with 17 (and took an elbow to the face); Shumpert added 15 points and hit big shot after big shot; and Tristan Thompson had a relatively quiet night (for him) with 10 points and 7 rebounds.

Let’s look at the game tape

The halftime show was WILD

LeBron. Stop. Those Atlanta Hawks players have families. You can’t be pulling that stuff on national TV.

LeBron hit a corner 3 in overtime to put the Cavs up 1

Better angle

LeBron had a nice 2 plays in overtime

One more win and we’re going to the dance

Couple quick thoughts (very quick, I’ve got a Memorial Day cookout to go to)

– How soft are the Atlanta Hawks for letting MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA into their heads? Out of all the players in the NBA you’re worried about THAT guy? It’s hilarious when you really think about it.

– I know Mozgov didn’t play in overtime but what about the 4th quarter? Is him not playing due more to match ups or just that he’s not playing well? I should have probably paid more attention to this last night but beer.

– Can the Rockets please show up and make this a series with the Warriors? Doubtful. But there’s talk of moving the finals to an earlier date if both conference champions sweep. As a Cavs fan we don’t want that. Need Kyrie to get as much rest on that leg as he can.

– Al Horford’s sister Anna is my new favorite person of all time. You can find her on Twitter here

– Saw a lot of people bitching about the crowd last night. Huh? Don’t know how you judge that by watching on TV but whatever. The Q was on fire. That 4th quarter and overtime was the loudest I’ve heard it in sometime. It was fun.

– Joe Jurevicius, Corey Kluber, and Lonnie Chisenhall sat directly behind me (humblebrag I had better seats than them). Pretty sure maybe 1 person in our section even recognized the Cy Young winner.

– The Fan Fest outside the Q before the game was pretty cool but I was not a fan of that “All For One” beer that I got talked into getting.

– The Cavs are 11-2 this postseason.

– The fact that I even know there’s a guy in the NBA named “Kent Bazemore” is why this Atlanta Hawks team had no business being a #1 seed.

-If people around the league classify Delly as a dirty player I’m fine with embracing that. It obviously doesn’t bother him and it shouldn’t bother you either.

– Bet if Mike Scott doesn’t have those stupid ass emoji tattoos he might make something once in awhile

– If this blog never makes it just know that our one shining moment was orchestrating a takeover on the city of Atlanta’s Wikipedia page

That’s “Mayor Delly” to you

See you guys on Tuesday.

Cavs in 4.