SALT LAKE CITY — At one point in Friday night's matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers, Donovan Mitchell's momentum carried him up a few rows into the stands behind the Utah Jazz basket.
Considering how the made-for-SportsCenter highlight machine played in this ESPN-televised game — not to mention his dramatically improved play of late — it's almost surprising Jazz fans didn't lift Mitchell up and pass him around the appreciative and hyped-up crowd.
The second-year star carried the injury-plagued Jazz to a rousing 113-95 win over the much-improved Lakers with 33 points, nine assists, two blocked shots and one rim-crushing dunk that JaVale McGee would prefer to never think of again.