With the Cleveland Cavaliers being on the second night of a back-to-back on Monday, they decided to give Darius Garland the night off so he wouldn't re-aggravate his toe injury troubles. This freed up Donovan Mitchell to do the bulk of the heavy lifting against a flatlining Indiana Pacers team.

Mitchell, who didn't have the best of games on Sunday in a 117-115 loss to the Boston Celtics, bounced back in a huge way — finishing with 43 points, nine rebounds, and six assists in a convincing 135-119 win over their division rival.

At 29 years of age, Mitchell remains in the middle of his prime and is reaching heights that not too many players before him have done. In fact, the Cavs star, in his first 20 games of the season, only belongs with Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry in

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