{"id":642239,"date":"2026-05-14T07:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/642239\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:47:10","slug":"donovan-mitchell-turns-ankle-on-photographers-shoe-vs-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/642239\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell turns ankle on photographer\u2019s shoe vs. Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donovan Mitchell turns ankle on photographer\u2019s shoe vs. Pistons<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell<\/a> hit postseason history Monday as his Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> took Game 5 from the Detroit Pistons<\/a>. But he handed Cavs fans a brief scare involving a photographer during Wednesday\u2019s NBA Playoffs showdown.<\/p>\n

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Mitchell grimaced in pain laying on the Little Caesars Arena floor toward the end of the first quarter. The perennial NBA All-Star attempted to hit a layup over two Pistons defenders. But his right foot somehow got caught with a photographer\u2019s shoe, bending his ankle awkwardly.<\/p>\n

The ankle turned awkwardly and Mitchell fell to the ground, leaving Cavs fans gasped. Fortunately \u201cSpida\u201d stayed in the game for Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Mitchell scored eight points through his first 18 minutes on the floor. But he misfired on his first two 3-point attempts and hadn\u2019t hit from long range before halftime. Mitchell grabbed three rebounds while also committing two early turnovers.<\/p>\n

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The Cavs star continues to show his stellar side during this postseason run. Mitchell matched a previous franchise best playoff mark held by Kyrie Irving and LeBron James back on Monday<\/a>. \u201cSpida\u201d lit the Pistons up with 21 points during the third quarter, tying him with the franchise legends who led Cleveland to the 2016 NBA Finals crown.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also performed at a high level in front of his famed R&B fianc\u00e9e Coco Jones<\/a>. The Grammy winner is a constant presence around Cavs games to watch Mitchell play.<\/p>\n

Cleveland struggled in the first half, though. Detroit took a 60-52 lead at the half behind Cade Cunningham<\/a>\u2019s 20-point outburst. Tobias Harris<\/a> added 10 points while Daniss Jenkins<\/a> chipped in nine. James Harden<\/a> led Cleveland with 13 points followed by Max Strus<\/a> and his 12 points.<\/p>\n

Related: Charles Barkley in complete awe of \u2018pretty man\u2019 Max Strus after Cavs take Game 5<\/a><\/p>\n

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Related: NBA referee Tony Brothers explains no-call on Jarrett Allen during Cavs-Pistons Game 5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell turns ankle on photographer\u2019s shoe vs. Pistons appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[88728,8174,42227,4576,13054,6418,764,3013,27497,355,13331,5053,111126,99,148694],"class_list":["post-642239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-daniss-jenkins","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-james-harden","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-lebron-james","tag-max-strus","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-photographer","tag-postseason-history","tag-sports","tag-tobias-harris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}