Mitchell scores 29 after halftime in the kind of performance James often delivered during his 11 seasons in Cleveland, as the Cavaliers dominate the fourth quarter in a 116-102 win. Anthony Davis s…
CLEVELAND — For the last two decades, there have only been truly two incarnations of the Cleveland Cavaliers: the team with LeBron James, and the team without.
With James, the franchise has seen its greatest heights, including a 2016 title that the city still treasures. Without James, the Cavaliers have succumbed to the city’s overall history of futility, and James has rubbed it in by winning almost every time he marches in with a visiting team. But after 20 years, a new era of hope might be emerging for Cavaliers basketball even without their homegrown star. And unfortunately for James, the Lakers experienced the rising tide firsthand in a 116-102 loss on Tuesday night.
Offseason trade acquisition Donovan Mitchell dazzled with 43 points and five assists, zig-zagging his way past a Laker defense that was forced to play without star big man Anthony Davis, who left after eight minutes with flu-like symptoms. There were times when Mitchell even left James in the dust, particularly on a first-quarter spin move that ended in a lob to Jarrett Allen .
Mitchell turned it on late against the overmatched Lakers, scoring 29 points in the second half. From a 92-all deadlock, the Cavaliers went on a 21-6 run that turned a tight contest into a laugher. The Lakers only shot 42.7 % in the game without Davis,
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