{"id":319718,"date":"2025-12-02T03:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/319718\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T03:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:33:08","slug":"cavs-donovan-mitchell-makes-cleveland-basketball-history-only-ever-done-in-nba-by-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/319718\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs&#8217; Donovan Mitchell makes Cleveland basketball history only ever done in NBA by LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/cleveland-cavaliers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> were super shorthanded on Monday night. They didn&#8217;t have Darius Garland, or Jarrett Allen, or Sam Merrill, or Lonzo Ball.<\/p>\n<p>But they had Donovan Mitchell, and that was enough.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell dropped 43 points on Monday night to beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/indiana-pacers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spida added nine rebounds and six assists. He put up 16 of his points in the fourth quarter to pull away from Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, he made history.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/ncaa-football\/news\/famous-25-year-old-rapper-toosii-commits-college-football-syracuse-orange\/a3b93680135909a6e84ef397\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Famous rapper Toosii commits to play college football in the ACC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell is averaging more than 30 points per game through the Cavs&#8217; first 20 games of the season. Only one player has done that before in Cleveland basketball history, and his name was LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>Have a look at some of the show that Mitchell put on:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SPIDA WENT OFF TONIGHT FOR THE CAVS.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd77\ufe0f 43 PTS (16 in 4Q)<br \/>\ud83d\udd77\ufe0f 9 REB<br \/>\ud83d\udd77\ufe0f 6 AST<br \/>\ud83d\udd77\ufe0f CLE W<\/p>\n<p>He joins LeBron James as the only players in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cavs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@cavs<\/a> franchise history to average 30+ PTS over their first 20 games of a season! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2enzajnWDd\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2enzajnWDd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1995694606332420228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/news\/steelers-aaron-rodgers-colts-daniel-jones-playing-broken-bones-week-13\/01605d1b01a7f04a8b9fabc3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A<\/a><a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\/news\/espn-adam-schefter-blasted-shedeur-sanders-news-browns-qb-future\/057b2292e8837079d30f7934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dam Schefter blasted for framing of latest Shedeur Sanders news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Really, there&#8217;s nothing more impressive you can do as a Cavaliers player than join James in the history books.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron is one of the all-time greats, and he was Cleveland&#8217;s savior in the draft and then hero in winning a championship.<\/p>\n<p>James might be in Hollywood now, but he&#8217;s got company in the Cavs record books. Mitchell has been everything Cleveland hoped for when they traded for him from Utah a few years ago, and this is just another example of that.<\/p>\n<p>More news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers were super shorthanded on Monday night. 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