Matthew Dellavedova giving up pre-game coffee ritual

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova is giving up his pregame coffee.

After a gutsy performance from Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova in Game 3, he had to go to the hospital because of severe cramping. In an order to make sure he doesn’t suffer the same fate in Game 4, Dellavedova is making a change.

He is giving up his pregame coffee.

From ESPN:

"The Cleveland Cavaliers starting point guard will eschew his tradition of his pregame — and sometimes halftime — cup of joe.“There will be no coffee tonight,” Dellavedova said after Cavs shootaround Thursday. “It’s not a good thing, probably, for your hydration.”Dellavedova’s coffee kick is so ingrained in the Cavs’ team fabric that, on occasion, injured center Anderson Varejao will go fetch him a cup and bring it to him in the locker room before tipoff."

Drinking coffee before any professional sporting event outside of golf sounds just crazy. It could’ve played a role in the cramping that hindered him Game 3, causing him to become dehydrated and leading to cramping.

It will be interesting to see if this change to his pregame ritual affects his game on a mental level, or perhaps it makes him feel even better and we see a different Dellavedova than the one who has impressed in the NBA Finals.

It will be an interesting night for Dellavedova and the Cavaliers can’t afford to lose him given their already lengthy list of injuries.

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