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Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points in the second half, tying an NBA playoff record, leading the Cavaliers to a 112-103 victory over the Pistons. The series is now tied at 2-2 after the Cavaliers overcame a 2-0 deficit.
Donovan Mitchell exploded in the second half, and the Cavaliers turned a 2-0 series deficit into a 2-2- tie.
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James Harden set them up. Donovan Mitchell knocked them down.
And the Cleveland Cavaliers ran away with a 112-103 Game 4 win over the Detroit Pistons Monday night. A series that the Pistons once led, 2-0 is now up for grabs at 2-2.
Harden paced the Cavaliers early with 11 straight Cleveland points in the first quarter. Mitchell then exploded with 21 points in the third quarter after a four-point first half to spark a 23-0 Cavaliers to start the second half.
Mitchell finished with 43 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. He shot 13 of 25 from the field and 4 of 12 from 3. His 39 second-half points are tied with Sleepy Floyd for the most in a half in postseason history.
The 20-plus point quarter was the fifth of Mitchell’s playoff career, tying him with Stephen Curry and Jamal Murray for the most in postseason history. It also sparked some team history for the Cavaliers.
The 23-0 second half run extended to 25-0 with the last bucket of the second quarter. And it added up to Cleveland’s largest postseason scoring run since the start of the play-by-play era that started in the 1996-97. That’s a stretch that featured nine LeBron James postseasons.
And the run turned a 56-52 halftime deficit into a 75-56 lead that the Cavaliers never relinquished. Detroit punched back. But it never recovered to threaten Cleveland’s lead.
Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points in the second half of Game 4.
The final score of Game 4 was 112-103 in favor of the Cavaliers.
The series is currently tied at 2-2 after the Cavaliers won Game 4.
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