The four-time All-Star scored 42 points Friday night for the Cavaliers, but Jalen Brunson netted a career-high 48 for the victorious Knicks in a likely first-round playoff preview between the No. 4…
Donovan Mitchell didn’t come to the Knicks via the trade market last summer, but it certainly looks as if the Westchester product will be opening the postseason against his hometown team.Jalen Brunson netted a career-high 48 for the victorious Knicks“It’s full circle. Wouldn’t want it any other way,” Mitchell said following the Knicks’ 130-116 win Friday in Cleveland.
“I think it’s even more important because this is the team we’re probably going to see,” Mitchell said. “Obviously we’re missing people, they’re missing people, but still the same competition, competitiveness. They played well, they did a lot of things well, played together in different ways. We’ll be better.”
Asked what he took away from facing the Knicks this late in the season, Mitchell added, “Different things, won’t share all with you. First and foremost, it opened some guys’ eyes to the level of physicality, the level of every possession.”
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