Hours before he took the floor in Cleveland, Donovan Mitchell was at home playing “Call of Duty” with Kyrie Irving.
According to the Brooklyn Nets star, it was easy to tell Mitchell was “locked in.”
That was, without a doubt, spot on.
Mitchell scored a franchise-record 71 points to lead the Cavaliers back from a 21-point hole to beat the Chicago Bulls in overtime on Monday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
That’s good for the eighth-most points scored in a single game in league history and the most scored in a game this season.