“What keeps me from sleeping is that I didn’t make it to the finals”
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This Wednesday night, the Cavaliers begin their regular season against the Knicks. No doubt a sign of revenge after winning 64 matches in the 2024/25 season, without confirming in the play-offs. And for Donovan Mitchellit’s perfect for starting hostilities in New York.
“It’s a special night. I’m from New York, it’s my hometown. And they beat us in the playoffs in 2023. Finally, they have a talented team and people are predicting that they and we will be first and second in the Eastern Conference. What better way to start the season than that?”, wonders the Cleveland guard.
As he points out while still talking about the Knicks, Donovan Mitchell and his teammates are trying “to go where they went”that is, in the conference finals. “We haven’t done that yet.” That’s what the former Jazz, six-time All-Star misses the most.
“Being on the All-NBA first team is obviously great. I really like the progress I’m showing every season, even if my team still hasn’t won. Individually, I can say that every season has brought me a new challenge and I feel like I’m growing every year.”he analyzed. “I see the problems from last season and I overcome them. To be great, to be part of the elite, you have to go through these stages, year after year. I can say with certainty that in eight years I have always reached a level where I can, after the disappointment of the defeat, say that I have grown up as a person and sport.”
We have to do the same collectively and finally participate in the conference finals, after four failures in the conference semifinals (two with Utah, two with Cleveland)…
“What keeps me from sleeping is that I didn’t make it to the finals”admits the last one. “The same thing could be said for the conference finals, but if we lose at this level like we did (4-1 vs. Indiana)so I won’t laugh yet. I would still be awake and telling myself we were a match or a series away from the title. Not making the finals or winning the title makes me say it’s a hindrance. I think my time has come. »
| Donovan Mitchell | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | UTH | 79 | 33 | 43.7 | 34.0 | 80.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 20.5 |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 77 | 34 | 43.2 | 36.2 | 80.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 23.8 |
| 2019-20 ☆ | UTH | 69 | 34 | 44.9 | 36.6 | 86.3 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
| 2020-21 ☆ | UTH | 53 | 33 | 43.8 | 38.6 | 84.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 26.4 |
| 2021-22 ☆ | UTH | 67 | 34 | 44.8 | 35.5 | 85.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 25.9 |
| 2022-23 ☆ | CLE | 68 | 36 | 48.4 | 38.6 | 86.7 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 28.3 |
| 2023-24 ☆ | CLE | 55 | 35 | 46.2 | 36.8 | 86.5 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 26.6 |
| 2024-25 ☆ | CLE | 71 | 31 | 44.3 | 36.8 | 82.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / 3 points in an attempt; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2025-10-22 10:08:00
