Donovan Mitchell became the seventh player in NBA history with a 70-plus-point game and joined the company of some NBA legends like Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Elgin Baylor and David Robinson.
Mitchell actually started the game ice cold. For most of the night, the Cavs faced a double-digit deficit and at one point trailed by 21 points. As Mitchell began heating up and pouring in points, the Cavs slowly chipped away at the Bulls' lead. Mitchell reached such a scorching hot level that the Cavs began to play a game within a game: keep Mitchell on the floor but find ways to give him breathers as much as possible. Mitchell played every minute of the second half and overtime.
Mitchell was treated to deafening M-V-P chants multiple times from the home crowd. After the game, Mitchell was being interviewed over the PA system. Cedi Osman took the mic and started his own M-V-P chant, egging the crowd on yet again. Mitchell threw up a high-arching attempt that bounced off the rim and to the right side. Instead of the several seven-footers in the lane, it was Mitchell who fought his way to the ball and as he fell to the floor got the put-back layup to fall, tying it 130-130. Mitchell said that in all the times he had practiced that in his career, with previous teams, it had worked before, but never in which he was the one who got the rebound.
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