{"id":647243,"date":"2026-05-04T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647243\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:37:12","slug":"donovan-mitchell-responds-to-nba-legend-carmelo-anthonys-on-air-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647243\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell responds to NBA legend Carmelo Anthony\u2019s on-air comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donovan Mitchell<\/a> and the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> eliminated the Toronto Raptors<\/a> in their NBA<\/a> Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on Sunday. The superstar guard led the way with 22 points on 9-for-20 shooting, along with three rebounds and two 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

The No. 4-seeded time was pushed to a deciding game, but Mitchell showed a lot of grit and hustle in the 114-102 victory. Despite Cleveland leading by 20 with 9:18 left in the fourth quarter, the seven-time All-Star deflected a pass and dove into the third row as he tried to save the ball. Some fans and NBC analyst Reggie Miller<\/a> helped him back up.<\/p>\n

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NBA legend Carmelo Anthony<\/a> poked fun at him during his postgame interview, jokingly saying that Mitchell only dove for attention.<\/p>\n

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5. Donovan Mitchell \u2013 851,155<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell\u2019s witty reaction<\/p>\n

Mitchell had a good comeback for Anthony\u2019s comments. The star shooting guard delivered a witty response and explained that it wasn\u2019t just for show.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey listen, I gotta do something, you know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d Mitchell said on \u201cNBA Showtime.\u201d \u201cI gotta find a way. Scottie Barnes<\/a> getting on transition the whole series. Gotta do something.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers will only have one day to rest as they\u2019ll return to action on Tuesday to start their second round series against Detroit<\/a>. The Pistons also played in a Game 7 on Sunday and won against the Orlando Magic<\/a>. Game 1 will start at 7 p.m. ET at Little Caesars Arena.<\/p>\n

Cleveland needs Mitchell\u2019s hustle, James Harden\u2019s scoring on full display throughout the series to take down the East\u2019s No. 1-seeded team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated the Toronto Raptors in their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,17873,2357,8823,2358,23934,8217,1525,459,240859,15716,24381,14731,82,10676],"class_list":["post-647243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-detroit","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-eastern-conference","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-james-harden","tag-nba","tag-nba-showtime","tag-orlando-magic","tag-reggie-miller","tag-scottie-barnes","tag-sports","tag-toronto-raptors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}