Donovan Mitchell scored a career-high 71 points, the NBA’s single-game best since Kobe Bryant’s 81-point performance in January 2006, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied past the visiting Chicago Bulls 145–134 in overtime on Monday.
Mitchell’s performance sets a Cavaliers franchise record, is tied for the eighth-most points in an NBA game, and puts him in company with just five other players in NBA history to score 71 points or more in a contest: Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, David Thompson, Elgin Baylor, and David Robinson.
