The Cavaliers busted out the brooms and blown out the Hawks in Game 4 to complete the sweep of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesady night. But that didn’t mean Atlanta didn’t get one last parting shot on their way out of the postseason.
One of the major storylines of the Conference Finals was Matthew Dellavedova’s hotly debated intense brand of play that saw Kyle Korver injured after one collision and Al Horford ejected after another. Hawks radio announcer Steve Holman apparently didn’t take too kindly to Delly’s rough and tumble play, because he referred to him “Tonya Harding” on the Hawks radio broadcast.
We need more of this good, old-fashioned sports hate in our local announcing these days. It’s not quite the days of Johnny Most frothing at the mouth to get at Bill Laimbeer, but it’s a start. But for Delly’s sake, I just hope he doesn’t delve into the world of Celebrity Boxing 20 years from now.
H/T Sporting News
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