Donovan Mitchell scored the most points a Bulls opponent has ever scored and the Cavaliers completed the largest comeback in the NBA this season on Monday night.
The Bulls' plus-18 point differential at halftime also marked their third-highest scoring margin at that juncture of a game so far this season, trailing only home blowout victories over the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers .However, the momentum of this game flipped in a third quarter the Cavaliers won 44-31, drawing as close as three points before the Bulls pulled back ahead 96-91 entering the fourth.
Mitchell scored 24 of his eventual 71 points in the third, shooting 6-for-9 from the field and a whopping 12-for-12 at the foul line. From Alex Caruso to Ayo Dosunmu to Derrick Jones Jr., the Bulls did not have a defender that could keep up with Mitchell's lightning-quick first step and he made them play with slashes to the hoop and drawn fouls.
As a team, the Cavaliers visited the free-throw line 18 times in the third quarter, making 16. Their plus-10 margin of made free throws constituted nearly all of their plus-13 scoring margin for the period.The Cavaliers finished the game with a 45-34 advantage in free-throw attempts, 33-27 in fouls called and Caruso fouled out with just over three minutes to play in the fourth quarter.
Certainly, the Bulls were caught out of position, especially when defending Mitchell, often. But there is no denying the officiating was also one-sided, particularly in the third quarter. The Last Two Minute Report from this one will be interesting to check come Tuesday. One, because of a play at the end of regulation on which Jarrett Allen appeared to shuffle his feet before a lay-in that made the score 126-125 Bulls; and two, because of a missed free-throw tap-in that sent the game to overtime, on which Mitchell appeared to enter the lane early.
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