Donovan Mitchell lights it up as Cleveland Cavaliers take down Sacramento Kings

Tuesday, 06 February 2024 at 03:45

The hottest team in 2024 continued their hot streak in dominating fashion. The Cleveland Cavaliers easily defeated the Sacramento Kings 136-110 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse behind another Donovan Mitchell masterpiece.

The Cavs organization hasn’t had much success without their homegrown superstar, LeBron James. The King delivered the city its first championship in 50 years back in 2016, but ever since the 4-time champion left in 2018 things haven’t been the same. Last season was Cleveland’s first appearance in the playoffs since the 20-time All-Star’s departure, but it didn’t go as planned as they lost in the first round to the New York Knicks. Fast forward to today and the team from Ohio is set for another playoff appearance. With the way this team is currently looking and with all their key players returning from injury, this could be the year the Cavaliers make a deep playoff run.

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Donovan Mitchell another outstanding performance tonight, finishing with 29 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals with 5 made three pointers. Max Strus scored 22 points on 6 made threes while Jarrett Allen had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. Evan Mobley recorded 11 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Domantas Sabonis had a fabulous game as well, recording another triple double with 12 points, 19 rebounds, and 15 assists. Harrison Barnes scored 22 points on 6 made threes while De’Aaron Fox had 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 1 block.

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This win improves the Cavs to 32-16 on the season. Cleveland is now tied in the East standings with the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2 seed. They are 9-1 over their last 10 games and currently on a 6-game winning streak. Their next game will be on Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards.

On the other hand, this loss drops the Kings to 29-20, which makes them 5th in the Western Conference. Sacramento is now 0.5 games above the 6th seeded Phoenix Suns and are 6-4 over their last 10 games. Their next game will be on Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons.