Despite the victory and 37 points scored (his third game in a row with more than 30 points), Donovan Mitchell had to apologize after the meeting, at a press conference. Why is that ? “We should have been home an hour earlier. »
The Cavaliers and Wizards offered an extension to the public at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Five more minutes not necessary if the former Jazz had been fairer in his choices in the last minute.
Cleveland still had a seven-point lead with 80 seconds remaining. A sufficient lead to win without shaking in theory, but Mitchell will first miss a shot at 3-pts, before losing two balls in a row. He will even have the match point, without success.
“This shouldn’t have happened, I’m calmer than that”says Mitchell at Plain Dealer. “The fourth quarter was awful to me. I take the victory, but for the next few hours, I will be thinking about this end of the game. I did not help my team. I’m better than that, I’ll do better. »
He has already redeemed himself in overtime, registering 7 points, plus an interception. His slack in the final moments of regulation time did not prevent the Cavaliers from recording a first home victory this season.
“It was like a playoff game, it was crazy,” notes the All-Star by evoking the spectators. “I smiled during the meeting, at times. I was trying to stay focused, but I was looking at things and thinking the crowd was electric. I’ve played here before, but I’ve never heard of it I don’t think. I came during the 2016 Finals and heard something similar then. It was amazing. »
| Donovan Mitchell | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | UTH | 79 | 33 | 43.7 | 34.0 | 80.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 20.5 |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 77 | 34 | 43.2 | 36.2 | 80.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 23.8 |
| 2019-20 | UTH | 69 | 34 | 44.9 | 36.6 | 86.3 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
| 2020-21 | UTH | 53 | 33 | 43.8 | 38.6 | 84.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 26.4 |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 67 | 34 | 44.8 | 35.5 | 85.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 25.9 |
| 2022-23 | KEY | 1 | 35 | 57.1 | 25.0 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 31.0 |
| Total | 345 | 34 | 44.1 | 36.1 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 23.9 | |
