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Jazz earn 3-1 lead as Mitchell goes for 50 (again)

With just under a minute left in Utah’s dramatic 129-127 victory over the Denver Nuggets, Donovan Mitchell sized up former Jazzman, Paul Milsap, on the left wing. Moments before, Milsap had emphatically swatted away Mitchell’s layup attempt that would have given Utah a three point lead.

And without skipping a beat, Mitchell faked a quick dribble-drive, putting Milsap on his back heels and proceeded to knock down a 3-pointer right in the forward’s eye for the 122-118 lead with 54 ticks left on the clock. Mitchell then turned and shouted to the cameras, the media, his teammates, anyone who had ears to hear:

“I WANT THIS SH-T!