The past couple seasons of Cavaliers basketball as been about all the young dudes. But every now and again, the 2016 NBA Championship alum like to remind us what makes them so special.
Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson and Matthew Dellavedova – three key components from that title-winning squad with a little knowledge about knocking off Western Conference heavyweights – all came up huge as the Wine & Gold snapped their four-game skein and completed the season sweep of the Nuggets in a 104-102 thriller on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Love scored nine of the Cavs’ final 12 points – including the baseline jumper that put Cleveland ahead to stay with 4:03 to play – Dellavedova piled up a career-high 14 assists and hit a monster three with 3:28 to play that gave the Cavs a two-possession lead, and Thompson – after missing two free throws with 20 seconds remaining, snuffed Jamal Murray on the defensive end and grabbed the defensive rebound at the buzzer.