Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell retains inching nearer to the NBA’s elite.
On Wednesday night time towards the Philadelphia 76ers, Mitchell took over within the fourth quarter. He scored 11 straight factors within the recreation’s remaining three minutes, together with a 26-foot, step-back, three-point bounce shot with 1:18 remaining. He completed with 23 factors, 13 rebounds and 9 assists on 42.9 % capturing.
Mitchell’s late scoring outburst helped the Cavaliers seal a 114-106 victory, bettering to 13-0. In keeping with Kevin Cooney of the Related Press, Cleveland is the sixth workforce in NBA historical past to start out 13-0.
Mitchell has made 5 All-Star video games in eight seasons with the Cavaliers and Utah Jazz. Nonetheless, he is turn into extra environment friendly this season, taking his recreation to the following stage.
Via his first 12 video games, he shot a career-high 41 % from past the arc. Moreover, he shot 46.8 % from the sphere, the second-best mark of his profession.
It is nonetheless early, however Mitchell is producing some MVP buzz. As of Wednesday night time, FanDuel Sportsbook provides him the seventh-best odds (+3000) to win the award.
If the Cavaliers hold rolling, Mitchell might stay within the MVP dialog for the remainder of the season. Cleveland is first within the Japanese Convention forward of the Boston Celtics (10-3), the defending champions.
