Donovan Mitchell Caps Productive Third Quarter With Monster Dunk
Mar 2, 2020, 6:59 PM
Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz is congratulated by teammate on his way to the bench after a time out in their game against the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center on January 22, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell had a big third quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers that included a monster two-handed dunk.
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With 3:10 second left in the third period, Mitchell crossed over Cavs rookie Kevin Porter Jr. before seeing a wide open lane and the Jazz guard did a slam dunk with two hands to put Utah up by 12 points.
Mitchell scored 12 of his 17 points in the third quarter after scoring just five points in the first half. He had 8 rebounds and 4 assists to go with his 17 points. After three quarters, Utah had a 94-82 lead heading into the final period of play.
Donovan Mitchell caught fire scoring 12 of his 17 points in the 3rd quarter including this 👇🏻 #TakeNote #NBA #NBATwitter https://t.co/mswkFuB8kZ pic.twitter.com/vJuVUkv35w
— Jeremiah Jensen (@JJSportsBeat) March 3, 2020
Entering the game against the Cavaliers, Mitchell scored 30 points or more in four straight games, the longest streak of his career. All of those games came after the All-Star break and were at home.
Through three quarters in Cleveland, Bojan Bogdanovic had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-16 shooting from the floor and 3-7 from beyond the arc. All five starters for Utah scored in double figures.
