In the early morning of May 5, Beijing time, the NBA Cavaliers eliminated the Magic at home 106:94, and finally won the seventh battle 4:3 to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
After the game, Cavaliers star Mitchell was interviewed by reporters with the team and talked about the explosive moment of the game: "
We were too slow to get into the first half, and although the Magic team was playing away from home, they obviously played very well on both offensive and defensive ends, and we were a little unable to press. But it's our home stadium and it's a do-or-die battle, and I can't let this win slip through the way. At the start of the second half, we all went all out to challenge our form, and we found our rhythm again at both ends of the pitch and we were happy to finish this great counterattack!"
"As the leader of the team, I must stand up and lead the team to fight at critical moments, even if the shooting percentage continues to hit the iron, I will still choose to attack crazy to give the opponent a blow, this is an encouragement and drive for my teammates, I have always been a player with a big heart projection ability, the more critical I have passion and energy!"
Mitchell played a total of 45 minutes and 18 seconds in the whole game, shooting 11 of 27, 2 of 8 three-pointers, 15 of 17 free throws, and got 39 points + 9 rebounds + 5 assists + 1 steal + 1 block of comprehensive data, especially in the third quarter, a person broke out and scored 17 points, leading the team to blow the horn of counterattack, and the plus/minus value on the court was +17.