{"id":835555,"date":"2026-09-03T23:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835555\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T23:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:26:11","slug":"cavaliers-star-donovan-mitchell-reveals-how-booze-helped-fuel-his-legendary-71-point-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835555\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell reveals how booze helped fuel his legendary 71-point game"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN Failure Ryan Clark Joins Elle Duncan As Netflix Leans Into WOKE Sports Coverage | Don’t @ Me w\/ Dan Dakich<\/a> <\/p>\n

Is Netflix speedrunning its way into becoming ESPN 2.0? On this episode of Don’t @ Me, Dan examines the platform’s strategy and what it means for everyday sports fans. First, Netflix dropped a bag on former ESPN anchor Elle Duncan to serve as their first full-time on-air sports anchor and lead host for live sports and special events. Now, they\u2019ve doubled down by signing Ryan Clark\u2019s The Pivot Podcast to a multi-year deal. Dan explains why leaning into victimhood mentality will push core subscribers away faster than ever.<\/p>\n

There are certain sports where I think it\u2019s widely believed, if not accepted as a cold, hard fact, that alcohol<\/a> can improve performance.<\/p>\n

Hasn’t everyone’s golf game improved with a little swing oil?<\/p>\n

However, I didn’t think basketball was one of the sports, at least not until Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> star Donovan Mitchell revealed that he dropped a cool 71 points back in 2023 with a little help from grandpa’s old cough medicine.<\/p>\n

AMERICAN TENNIS STAR AMANDA ANISIMOVA LEAVES FANS CONVINCED SHE DRANK BEER MID-MATCH WITH MYSTERY BEVERAGE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell revealed that a little New Year’s boozing may have led to one of the biggest games of his career. (Photo by Gregory Shamus\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Back on January 2, 2023, Mitchell and the Cavs took on the Chicago Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two teams ended up in an overtime thriller that the Cavs won 145-134, with Mitchell dropping a career-high 71 in the process.<\/p>\n

“We played them on New Year\u2019s Eve,” Mitchell recalled on the “Cousins” podcast hosted by NBA greats Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady<\/a>. “Then we had New Year\u2019s in Cleveland. Then we played the next day. Now I will say this. I\u2019ve never drank before a game in my life. It was New Year\u2019s. So I did have a drink \u2014 a few drinks \u2014 the night before the game.”<\/p>\n

NO SEX FOR 10 WEEKS? CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM’S PLAYOFF STRATEGY RAISES EYEBROWS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Donovan Mitchell and his Cavaliers teammates celebrate his 71-point night against the Chicago Bulls in 2023 (Photo by Jason Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Hey, many a beer leaguer has done that very thing. In fact, like I said, certain sports benefit from a few pops. Bowling is one, perhaps darts.<\/p>\n

Hell, I’ve always argued that part of playing cornhole well is having a beer in your hand for balance.<\/p>\n

“Never done that in my career,” Mitchell said. “Haven\u2019t done it since. So I tell people like that was probably what, you know, allowed me to have the night I had.”<\/p>\n

Mitchell is a professional because if that had happened to most of us, we would\u2019ve thought, “Wait, if a few drinks equal 71 points, then it only makes sense that after many drinks I could be holding up a piece of paper with ‘100’ written on it after the game.”<\/p>\n

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Of course, that’s not usually how it works…<\/p>\n

…or is it?<\/p>\n

Matthew Reigle is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN Failure Ryan Clark Joins Elle Duncan As Netflix Leans Into WOKE Sports Coverage | Don’t @ Me…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[40324,8174,355,259870,99],"class_list":["post-835555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-beer","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-nba","tag-outkick-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835555","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=835555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}