Sunday night's game was Mitchell’s 12th 40-point game this season, bumping LeBron James from atop that single-season list. Mitchell is also the first player in Cavaliers history to record three consecutive 40-point regular-season games.
Cleveland needed Mitchell’s scoring exploits on Sunday night to overcome its sluggish start -- the byproduct of an emotional hangover from Friday’s deflating playoff-preview loss to New York. Throughout the game, Mitchell carried the offense and kept the exhausted Cavs within striking distance going into the fourth quarter. He scored 36 of those 40 points in the first three quarters before ceding the stage to the team’s suffocating late-game defense.
Following his third consecutive 40-point eruption, Mitchell said he has flipped the proverbial switch to “playoff mode” and is trying to raise his level heading into a sixth postseason appearance. Garland sees that too, referencing Mitchell’s heightened awareness and attention to detail lately.Despite dealing with a nagging finger injury that still requires a splint-like wrap, Mitchell started this scoring binge in March. He averaged 30.6 points on 48.4% from the field and 36.
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