Orlando • Donovan Mitchell could have been deflated.
He had scored 57 points — a career-high, a franchise playoff record, and the third-most points ever scored in an NBA playoff game — only to lose in overtime of Game 1 of this first-round series. The pundits asked: If that wasn’t enough to get the Utah Jazz past the Denver Nuggets, what would be?
So Mitchell simply found another way to dominate.
The Jazz’s All-Star guard led his squad to a Game 2 victory on Wednesday by picking apart the Denver defense and finishing with 30 points (on just 14 shots) and eight assists.