Cavs Ripped By NBA Fans for Wasting Donovan Mitchell's 50-PT Game in G6 Loss to Magic

Andrew PetersMay 4, 2024

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The Orlando Magic have forced a Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers after a 103-96 win on Friday.

The Cavs had the chance to put the series to rest and move on to the second round, but they didn't have enough to get past the Magic despite a 50-point performance from Donovan Mitchell.

Unfortunately for Cleveland, Mitchell was the only bright spot in the loss. The Cavs shot an abysmal 7-of-28 from deep and were completely stagnant on offense outside of Mitchell's play.

Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs led the way for Orlando, with each notching 20+ points in the win.

After the loss, fans ripped the Cavaliers for wasting such an outstanding performance from Mitchell:

NBA Memes @NBAMemes
Donovan Mitchell trying to carry the Cavs rn <a href="https://t.co/1jZMptXmAK">pic.twitter.com/1jZMptXmAK</a>

Garrett Bush @Gbush91
Darius Garland didn't block out Anthony! I've never seen a worst 3 minutes in my freaking life! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cavs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cavs</a>

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Cousin Grizz @AndrewDoxy
The Magic are the inexperienced ones, but the Cavs are making all the rookie mistakes

Trap @CheapSZN
Cavs have scored 93 points with 1 minute left<br><br>Donovan Mitchell: 47 points <br><br>Rest of the team: 46 points

Colb @___Colb___
The Cavs haven't had one game where all their best players played well at the same time yet this series.

Raptors Report @RapsReport
This Cavs team is looking like Donovan Mitchell and a bunch of bums.

Wizely 🫥🌙 @Wizelycook
Cavs really tanked to face the magic just for their to be an inevitable game 7, in other words they're cooked and Donavan is a laker

Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Little bit of a problem that the Cavs only have 4 decent players right now.

Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 @JoshEberley
Cavs lack of urgency and Garland's mental lapses were in HD to close this game. IMAX collapse

Nikki Goel @MrNikkiG
The Cavs are shooting 7% from 3. No team in NBA history has won a game shooting 7% from three.

Nick Pedone @NickPedone12
Cavs wasted a legendary performance from Donovan Mitchell.

Now the game will be decided in a winner-takes-all Game 7 in Cleveland. The Cavs would have liked to close things out on Friday, but the Magic had other plans.

In Orlando's first playoff series 2020, it has fared well behind its young core. The fourth-youngest team in the NBA has risen to the occasion and now has the chance to advance to the second round for the first time since 2010.

For the Cavs, they are looking to make it to the second round for the first time in the post-LeBron James era. To do so, the supporting cast will need to step up and help Mitchell more in Game 7.