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 least 1997.
The Cavaliers had been resilient towards the Magic one season after they had 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 onerous. We work too onerous. That was my mindset … for me, simply be in assault mode. I am battling by means of what I am battling by means of, however I might battle by means of 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 effectively,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff mentioned. “If you see your teammate, a man you care about taking part in that approach, you do not need to let that man down so that you exit and do no matter you’ll be able to to assist that man.
“We speak about 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, nevertheless it doesn’t actually imply a lot,” Mitchell mentioned. “We did not are available simply to win the primary spherical. We completed one aim, now we now have to do it once more. That’s the mindset.”
