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Harden comes out and gets beaten! This is the superstar!! Donovan Mitchell! The most underrated superstar!

6:54am, 15 May 2025Basketball

3 minutes and 17 seconds before the final game, when Mitchell suddenly received the ball in the LOGO area, the breath of 20,000 spectators in the Banker Life Stadium seemed to be taken away. Time solidified on the spring night in Indiana, and the tide made of orange jerseys receded, revealing the lonely figure of the Cavaliers No. 4. This man who once made the Utah Plateau boil, now like a piece of red iron, raising the temperature of the entire arena ten degrees. The

timer shows that the attack time is only 3 seconds left, but Mitchell calmly jumps two steps away from the three-point line. The basketball drew a steeper arc than the Cuyahoga River, and the sound made when it pierced the Nets was very similar to the sequel to his first appearance on the playoff stage in 2018. When the scoreboard jumped to 109-94, the sound of the Cavaliers' bench overturned the stadium ceiling - this was Mitchell's fifth three-pointer tonight with 8 minutes left, the Pacers' 9th counterattack just closed the gap to 7 points. Mitchell pulled the development belt and revealed the scar that ran across the forehead - a medal left in 2019 against the Rockets. He suddenly switched to offensive mode, and three breakthroughs were as sharp as a scalpel, tearing the gap in the long formation built by Turner and Siakam. When he completed a 360-degree layup in the conversion offense, even the old fans wearing Reggie Miller's jersey on the sidelines couldn't help but get up and applaud.

When the final whistle sounded, the 43 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists on the technical statistics table were just appearances. What is really shocking is the plus or negative value of +28, and the light that he drove Garland and Mobley to rekindle.

Whenever people talk about superstars in the league, the name Mitchell is almost never mentioned. Perhaps it is because the small ball markets in Salt Lake City and Cleveland that have flooded Mitchell's influence, or perhaps it is because his low-key and restrained personality and clean off-field life that has made him far less visible than other stars. Mitchell's strength is actually beyond the impression of many people.

Mitchell has never missed the playoffs since entering the league in 2017, and even James, Curry, and Durant can't do this. He can score 20.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the rookie season. He is not nervous when he enters the playoffs for the first time and averages 24.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.

After being sent to the Cavaliers in the 22-23 season, I thought that after coming to the Cavaliers, Mitchell had no support from Gobert, everyone thought that maybe Mitchell would rebuild with the Cavaliers and become a player who scored points in a bad team. As a result, Mitchell proved himself with his outstanding performance. After joining the Cavaliers, he performed better on the offensive end. Not only did he lead the team to the playoffs, but his personal performance was even more impressive. Not only did he have a violent data of 71 points and 11 assists in a single game, he averaged 40+ in the last four games of the regular season, leading the Cavaliers into the playoffs.

For three years in the Cavaliers, Mitchell did not indulge in the data swiping of himself, which also made his teammates around him get better and better, and brought the Cavaliers into the ranks of championships. At first, some people thought the Cavaliers were a pseudo-strong team and felt that they were still far from the championship, but the progress of years has made the Cavaliers not underestimated.

Mitchell is now in his peak period. I believe that the Cavaliers' better and better record will help Mitchell get more exposure. Maybe one day he can also launch an attack like the MVP!

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