In a year of great rookies in the NBA, anticipation and attention churned around three of them during the Jazz-Lakers game on Saturday night at Vivint Arena: Donovan Mitchell (13th pick), Lonzo Ball (second pick), and Kyle Kuzma (27th pick).
“I was trying to find ways to impact the game,” he said, after he did exactly that in the Jazz’s 96-81 win.
Near the end of the third quarter, after the Lakers cut a double-digit Utah lead to six points, Mitchell showed his stuff, quite literally. He skied for a ridiculous tomahawk dunk, hit a 3-pointer, and forced a Laker turnover.