Houston • Donovan Mitchell’s Game 1 against the Rockets won’t go down as one of his more memorable performances, which makes it all the more ironic that his numbers are, for now anyway, seared into the memory banks.
Over the past few days, the Rockets have made it known that they view being physically antagonistic with Mitchell as paramount to their ability to limit Utah’s offense as a whole.
“Well, you just have to try to be aggressive. He is a really good scorer; he can score in many different ways. We were trying to be a little physical with him and just stick with him throughout the whole game,” said Eric Gordon.