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Kragthorpe: Through the ups and downs, Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell is making himself memorable in these playoffs

Having made the play that the Jazz wish would define forever their Western Conference semifinal series vs. Houston (but probably won’t), rookie guard Donovan Mitchell posted a photo of himself hanging on the rim after spectacularly rebounding and dunking his own missed shot in the Jazz’s Game 2 road victory.

Mitchell referenced a classic television sketch that requires some explanation — and it’s coming, I promise — in an expression of branding and self-promotion that was not exactly Stockton-esque. And then he went out and played easily his worst game of the playoffs as the Jazz were routed 113-92 in Friday’s Game 3 at Vivint Smart Home Arena.