SALT LAKE CITY -- Donovan Mitchell turned off his phones, crawled into bed and stared at the ceiling for what felt like forever, still in a giddy sense of shock.
He had about as good of a chance of getting a good night of sleep as the New Orleans Pelicans did of stopping him hours earlier.
The 21-year-old was fresh off breaking the Utah Jazz's franchise rookie record for points in a game. Mitchell had poured in 41 points in the win, including 17 in the fourth quarter, picking apart the Pelicans with a combination of 3-pointers and drives that made Utah general manager Dennis Lindsey think, "That's what it feels like [when] Damian Lillard gets it going against us.