Intro:

Golden State Warriors centre Andrew Bogut and the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Matthew Dellavedova preview the NBA Finals series, which tips off on Thursday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Andrew Bogut, Golden State Warriors Centre

"I think it's kind of cool to have two teams in the finals that no one probably expected at the start, maybe Cleveland, not us definitely. It just brings a different fresh finals series to the NBA. It's going to be a celebration either way and there's going to be a record broken either way, so hopefully it's us."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Andrew Bogut, Golden State Warriors Centre

"Any attention basketball can get in Australia is a good thing, obviously with Australian Rules and rugby dominating the country. This is a whole different experience than those sports because it's worldwide and there's a lot more attention worldwide. Obviously for the game and like I said yesterday, junior participation in Australia is at an all-time high for basketball, so the game's at a good stead, it's just a matter of transitioning that into the professional league back home."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Matthew Dellavedova, Cleveland Cavaliers Guard (referencing being called a "dirty player")

"I guess it's just part of the game. I'm just worried about what I need to do to prepare for this series and, you know, just getting the body right, learning the scouting report, just getting ready to go for tomorrow."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Matthew Dellavedova

(Q: "Playing for the Bendigo Braves, did you ever think in your wildest dreams you'd be standing here right now?")

"I mean the goal was always to play for Australia and play in the NBA. I probably didn't picture what it'd be like once I got there, but that was always the goal growing up."