Intro:

Post-match reaction after the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls 94-73 on Thursday (14th May) to reach the Eastern Conference finals.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): David Blatt, Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach: "Faced a lot of adversity coming in to the series and during the series and individually we manned up and as a team we believed in ourselves and we beat a very good opponent."

SOUNDBITE (English): David Blatt, Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach, on Matthew Dellavedova: "From an undrafted kid that not a lot of people thought would be in this league, to come out and do what he did tonight, that's, that's admirable."

SOUNDBITE (English): Matthew Dellavedova, Cleveland Cavaliers Guard:

"I mean, they put so much attention on Bron and you know he's going to find you when you're open. Obviously Kyrie (Irving) was out for the second half so, you know, I knew I was going to be out there so it's easy to just let shots go when your teammates have that much confidence in you."

SOUNDBITE (English): Tristan Thompson, Cleveland Cavaliers Forward:

"You know, fourth year with the Cavaliers, you know the previous three years we were, you know, thinking about the lottery, who we were going to draft and now just being part of the playoffs and just having the opportunity to play with, you know, this great father over here is definitely special. What a ride, you know, I'm glad I could be a part of it and help this team win and, you know, it's still not over yet. We still got goals we're trying to achieve, you know we're going to enjoy this for a day, maybe a couple of hours but then it's time to lock back in and get ready for our next opponent."

SOUNDBITE (English): Tom Thibodeau, Chicago Bulls Head Coach: "Give them credit, they played very well, LeBron was unbelievable. They beat us with the pass, Thompson was a monster on the boards. Congratulations to their organization for winning. I'm proud of our guys, we came up short."