{"id":68,"date":"2026-05-12T07:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:04:06","slug":"from-4-points-to-tying-a-playoff-record-with-a-39-point-half-donovan-mitchell-flips-game-4-for-cavs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"From 4 points to tying a playoff record with a 39-point half, Donovan Mitchell flips Game 4 for Cavs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Donovan Mitchell had his worst first half in a playoff game since joining the Cleveland Cavaliers in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=66\">Mookie Betts returns to the Dodgers\u2019 lineup after an oblique injury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No problem. The All-Star guard followed it up with one of the best 24-minute stretches by a player in NBA playoff history Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring only four points in the first half, Mitchell responded with 39 in the second half, tying the NBA playoff record for most points in a half as the Cavaliers rallied for a 112-103 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty impressive. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve seen in the playoffs a turnaround like that where a guy is struggling and just absolutely turns the switch and complete opposite of the first half,\u201d Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell equaled Eric \u201cSleepy\u201d Floyd\u2019s record on a free throw with 27.6 seconds remaining. He had a chance to break the record, set in 1987 when Floyd\u2019s Golden State Warriors faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals, but missed his second foul shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody let me know that I missed a free throw to break the record, though,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cI will say that, but we\u2019re two and two headed to Detroit. That was what we came home to do and that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mitchell didn\u2019t score until he made a free throw with 4:19 remaining in the second quarter. He also missed his first six shots from the field before hitting a 3-pointer from the left corner with 2:48 left in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Mitchell\u2019s early struggles, the Cavaliers only trailed 56-52 at halftime. James Harden and Evan Mobley both kept Cleveland in the game in the first half as they combined for 26 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI airball the first layup and was missing shots short,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s natural, right? I wasn\u2019t really trying to get in there and force it and then just doubling down on the defensive end, trying to take whoever I\u2019m guarding, take them out of the equation. I\u2019m not tripping, we were down four at half. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=64\">\u2018Dreamer\u2019 still faces removal after being deported, allowed back, rearrested, released<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always tell y\u2019all it\u2019s not just about the scoring, it\u2019s about your overall impact on the game. And for me, it was just like, \u2018OK, now I have an opportunity to try to get downhill\u2019 and then started going in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell was 12 of 18 from the field in the second half, including three 3-pointers, and was 12 of 13 at the line. Cleveland\u2019s previous mark for most points in a half was 31 by Mitchell in Game 7 of its first-round series against Orlando in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell tied a franchise record for points in a quarter with 21 in the third as the Cavaliers seized control, outscoring the Pistons 38-21 in the quarter. He scored 15 during Cleveland\u2019s 24-0 run that went from the last 12 seconds of the first half to the first six minutes of the third quarter. <\/p>\n<p>The 24-0 run was the longest in an NBA playoff game since since Minnesota also scored 24 straight in Game 6 of its Western Conference semifinal series against Denver in 2024. It was also the longest spurt by Cleveland in a postseason game since play-by-play stats were kept in 1997-98. The previous high was 19 in an Eastern semifinal series contest against Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonovan Mitchell was killing us, and that\u2019s pretty much it,\u201d Pistons center Paul Reed said.<\/p>\n<p>It was Mitchell\u2019s eighth playoff game with at least 40 points, his fourth with the Cavaliers. He has at least 30 points in three straight games as the series shifts to Detroit for Game 5 on Wednesday with it even at two games apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland is still looking for its first road playoff win this season, and will need at least one if it hopes to make the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had two good games to build off of, but it\u2019s going to be a hostile environment,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of fun. And I think I know we\u2019re ready for the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=62\">California mayor accused of acting as an illegal agent for China, spreading propaganda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Donovan Mitchell had his worst first half in a playoff game since&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From 4 points to tying a playoff record with a 39-point half, Donovan Mitchell flips Game 4 for Cavs - 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