{"id":769897,"date":"2023-01-03T10:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=769897"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T20:29:54","slug":"donovan-mitchell-on-his-humbling-franchise-record-71-point-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/donovan-mitchell-on-his-humbling-franchise-record-71-point-outing\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell On His ‘Humbling’ Franchise Record 71-Point Outing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Donovan Mitchell<\/a> is quite literally unstoppable, and you can’t deny it at this point. His trajectory has gone up and up and up during his six-year career, going from barely playing through his first dozen career games to becoming the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s become a premier playoff performer during his six postseason tours<\/a>; however, the Jazz only won two playoff series<\/a>; Mitchell was a standout and did everything he could to help lead Utah over the hump before they traded him to Cleveland<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that trajectory is skyrocketing again after he dropped a Cavaliers franchise record 71 points, career-high tying 11 assists, and eight rebounds in 50 minutes on 22-34 shooting from the field and 7-15 shooting from beyond the arc to lead the Cavaliers to a 145-134 overtime win over the Chicago Bulls. He also hit a career-high 20-25 free throws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

71 PTS
8 REB
11 AST
W

Donovan Mitchell sets a new scoring record for the Cleveland Cavaliers and becomes only the 7th player in NBA history to score 70+ points in a game. pic.twitter.com\/qbOwr3sqyH<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) January 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>