Donovan Mitchell’s incredible NBA record wouldn’t have happened without a big umpire’s mistake – “Played the Call of Duty shooter a few hours before the game”

In NBA basketball history, only three players have been able to produce more points in one game than Donovan Mitchell, who sank 71 points for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

of Cleveland Donovan Mitchell scored an incredible 71 points with 34 shots on Tuesday morning, when the team beat Chicago 145–134 after overtime. Donovan sank 64.7 percent of field goals (22/34), 47 percent of threes (7/15) and 80 percent of free throws (20/25).

Mitchell’s record wouldn’t have happened without a big refereeing error. Cleveland would have lost to Chicago in overtime if the referees had been careful and picked up Mitchell’s free throw foul.

Mitchell went after his missed ball before it hit the rim, which is prohibited by the rules, and made it two points to make it 130-130 with three seconds left in regulation.

Bulls coach Billy Donovan wondered at the press exam (you switch to another service)that the referees allowed the record holder to “steal” on a free throw, which allowed him to close by Patrick Williams out of the situation and drop the decisive equalizer basket.

Mitchell scored 13 points in overtime and would have had 56 points in the match without the referee’s error. Cleveland’s club record would have been 57 points, which was Kyrie Irving’s and LeBron James’s on behalf of.

Mitchell is the seventh player of all time to surpass the 70-point mark in the NBA. The value of his act is also increased by the fact that he had scored only 16 points when going into the break, that is, in the last two periods and overtime, the back man scored no less than 55 points.

Cleveland’s former scoring record holder Irving revealed that just hours before the record-setting game, he played a game of Call of Duty with Donovan Mitchell.

Irving said he knew Donovan was in a really good “hit” at the time.