It was a play similar to the one that Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic recently pulled off, also in a situation that led to overtime. Poking the bear: Cavs' Donovan Mitchell takes over yet again: 'You don't poke the bear, and they poked him' Mitchell said that in all the times he had practiced that in his career, with previous teams, it had worked before, but never was he the one who got the rebound. Instead of the several seven-footers in the lane, it was Mitchell who fought his way to the ball and as he fell to the floor got the put-back layup to fall, tying it 130-130. Mitchell threw up a high-arching attempt that bounced off the rim and to the right side. But to be there in the record books with them is truly incredible.” Those other guys have all won at the highest level, and that’s my ultimate goal. This is a big milestone, but at the end of the day we have to continue. I’ve always believed I can be one of the best players in this league but I have to keep working. I’m extremely blessed and humbled that I’m in that company, in that group. "Not only did I do that but I did it in an effort where we came back and won, and it’s how we won. I’m speechless, to be honest with you," Mitchell said. And in that time only Bryant's legendary 81-point night topped Mitchell's. A 70-point game had only occurred three times in the last 45 years. Those names: Wilt Chamberlain (six times, including a 100-point game in 1962), Kobe Bryant (81 in 2006), David Thompson (73 in 1978), Elgin Baylor (71, 1960), David Robinson (71, 1994), Devin Booker (70, 2017). Donovan Mitchell puts himself into NBA record books with 71-point game
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