Donovan Mitchell Admired by Twitter as Cavaliers Beat Mikal Bridges, Nets

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Taking part in the primary of back-to-back video games towards the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell set the tone with a powerful outing highlighted by a poster dunk to steer his workforce to a 115-109 highway victory at Barclays Middle.

Mitchell dropped 31 factors with 5 rebounds and three assists within the victory, successful over the group in Brooklyn by exhibiting off an array of spectacular strikes.

Tuesday’s efficiency continued a prolonged run of dominance for the 26-year-old, who entered the sport averaging 28.5 factors within the month of March.

The largest second of the night time got here when Mitchell threw down a breakaway dunk over Nets ahead Yuta Watanabe, which left the followers buzzing and ignited social media.

Followers on Twitter could not assist however exalt Mitchell for his spectacular exhibiting in Brooklyn:

Bleacher Report @BleacherReport

SPIDA POSTER 😳 pic.twitter.com/XcJTioUTq8

Bleacher Report @BleacherReport

SPIDA HIT THE SHAMMGOD 🕷🔥

Cavs bench was loving it pic.twitter.com/5OC9b3IlGw

Jacob Kisley @KisleyJacob

oh my god Donovan Mitchell that poor man has a household 😭😭😭

Evan Dammarell @AmNotEvan

JESUS CHRIST DONOVAN MITCHELL

FearTheSword @FearTheSword

Including Donovan Mitchell to this workforce was good, I feel

Justin Rowan @Cavsanada

Cavs had been off for 3 days and a few people on right here forgot how particular Mitchell is.

I do not assume we’ll see these conversations tomorrow.

Colb @___Colb___

Donovan Mitchell simply murdered Yuta. 😭😭😭😭😭

Rob Perez @WorldWideWob

DONOVANhttps://t.co/OVTMZOsT4x pic.twitter.com/v6r3I28fCd

Doug Norrie @DougNorrie

Future Watanabes for generations are going to really feel the impact of that Donovan Mitchell dunk

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA

Donovan Mitchell despatched Yuta Watanabe into early retirement. Holy crap. https://t.co/PKXVXMZBRb

Daniel Corrigan @Corrigan_Tweets

The Cleveland sports activities bloggers instructed me on this very web site as we speak that the Donovan Mitchell commerce was a mistake. https://t.co/m91qOZMPag

Ted Buddwell 🏀🏈 @TedBuddy8

Donovan Mitchell after the poster ” you see that?” 😏 pic.twitter.com/QOd324Biw9

Nick Friedell @NickFriedell

Donovan Mitchell simply threw down an unbelievable dunk on Yuta Watanabe. It despatched Darius Garland skipping across the Cavs bench and down the facet of the ground. The Cavs waited on the bench trying up for a replay that by no means appeared.

Camryn Justice @camijustice

DONOVAN MITCHELL MY GOD.

Chris Manning @cwmwrites

OH MY GOD DONOVAN

Sir Yacht @SirYacht_

DONOVAN HIMCHELL

Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis

What Donovan Mitchell simply did to Yuta Watanabe was absurd. The Barclays Middle crowd was nonetheless buzzing full minute after that dunk.

After buying Mitchell from the Utah Jazz this offseason, many anticipated the Cavs to ascertain themselves as one of many elite groups within the Japanese Convention. The four-time All-Star has helped Cleveland just do that, because the workforce is firmly entrenched within the No. 4 spot and certain will host a first-round playoff matchup.

The Cavs (46-28) will look to make it two in a row over the Nets (39-33) when the 2 groups meet once more on Thursday.