Donovan Mitchell thought this Cleveland Cavaliers team would be the one to get him to a conference final for the first time. Instead, this trip ended with the same heartbreak as his other three to this point in the playoffs.
Mitchell started, played 38 minutes and scored 39 points despite a sprained ankle, but it wasn’t enough as the Indiana Pacers wore down the Cavaliers in the second half and eliminated the Eastern Conference’s top seed 114-105 on Tuesday night.
Ten minutes after the game ended, Mitchell went back on the court at Rocket Arena and was still shocked over the sudden ending to the season.
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