Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Orlando Magic 106-94 in Sport 7 to advance to the second spherical of the playoffs. Mitchell scored 39 factors in Sport 7 after scoring 50 in Sport 6.
Cleveland’s 18-point comeback is the most important in a Sport 7 since at the very least 1997.
The Cavaliers have been resilient towards the Magic one season after they have been eradicated in 5 video games within the first spherical by the New York Knicks.
“I am uninterested in shedding within the first spherical,” Mitchell mentioned. “You’re employed too arduous. We work too arduous. That was my mindset … for me, simply be in assault mode. I am battling via what I am battling via, however I may battle via it and determine it out, or rehab it for the subsequent three or 4 months. That is the place I am at mentally.”
“[Mitchell is] the man that may pull all people alongside, not simply along with his talent however in spirit as properly,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff mentioned. “While you see your teammate, a man you care about enjoying that approach, you do not need to let that man down so that you exit and do no matter you may to assist that man.
“We discuss how all people has their type and their piece of management right here and that is how Don leads, by being particular within the second. His teammates need to be part of it.”
“I don’t imply this disrespectful, but it surely doesn’t actually imply a lot,” Mitchell mentioned. “We did not are available simply to win the primary spherical. We achieved one aim, now we have now to do it once more. That’s the mindset.”