Dellavedova drops seven three-point bombs in Melbourne United victory

Dellavedova scored 33 points, dished out nine assists and grabbed four rebounds in United's impressive 88-84 win.

Dellavedova set the tone by hitting five three-pointers in the first half before finishing the game with seven three-pointers.

"I've been working on my shooting for a while and I hadn't made a lot of shots, but it had been feeling good, so I'm going to keep shooting," Dellavedova said after the match.

United coach Dean Vickerman said it was no surprise to see Dellavedova had big shooting performance.

"You go through the number of years that he was a 40 per cent shooter in the NBA and the way he shot it in college and it's been there a lot of his career,'' Vickerman said.

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"We see him work on it everyday, and we know how hard he worked on it even in the last couple of weeks when we didn't play so many games.

"It's great to see hard work rewarded with the performance he put in. That was a special one."

The Maryborough product was just as valuable at the defensive end of the floor as he contained Hawks' star Tyler Harvey to just nine points.

Melbourne United overcame some nervous turnovers in the final 30 seconds to record their sixth win in a row and jump to second place on the ladder behind the Perth Wildcats.

United's next match is in Adelaide against the 36ers on January 22.

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