OAKLAND, Calif. — It might have seemed otherwise to those who believed Matthew Dellavedova was up to some playoff shenanigans, but his aim when fouling Golden State’s Andre Iguodala was no better than when he shot the basketball during Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

On a night when Dellavedova shot 1 of 3 from the field and was a minus-19 in the Cavaliers’ 104-89 defeat, do people seriously believe he was sharp enough to catch Iguodala square in the business while both players were on the move?

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Iguodala, for one, thought so.

“You’ve got guys who’ve got to get a little dirty … to make a life and to feed their family,” he said, “so I can only respect that.”

Dellavedova said he did not know the foul became a crotch shot, and that was not his intent.

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The swipe in question. (Getty Images)

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“I didn’t know why they reviewed it,” he said. “I was trying to stop the break. We were mixed up in transition. They looked like they were going to go 2-for-1, and with the shooters they have … we weren’t in the bonus, so (I was) just trying to stop the break.

“I was swiping from behind, trying to grab his arm.”

When the foul occurred with 34.1 seconds left in the third quarter, Iguodala reacted angrily and approached Dellavedova. Officials got between the players and there was no incident. The play was reviewed on television monitors, and Dellavedova was charged with a common foul.

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After the Warriors inbounded the ball, Iguodala nailed a 3-point shot to double Golden State’s lead to 74-68 at the end of the quarter. He opened the fourth period with a 19-footer that made it an eight-point game and a rebound that led to Leandro Barbosa’s 20-foot jumper and a double-figure advantage Golden State would hold to the end of the game.

“It was a bit rough,” Dellavedova said of his 11-minute stint. “As a bench unit as a whole we need to come in and bring more energy, try to get more stops. They got a bit of a run on. We’ve got to do better in the next game.”