CLEVELAND, Ohio — Donovan Mitchell didn’t want to use the word concern.

Not in early December. Not with 59 regular-season games remaining. Not with so many key players missing. Not with numerous circumstances working against them.

But after the latest loss — a 122-110 setback to the below-.500 Portland Trail Blazers that highlighted many of Cleveland’s flaws — Mitchell couldn’t downplay the continued struggles.

“Concern is a scary word to use with you guys,” Mitchell said late Wednesday night. “I don’t want to use it. It’s upsetting, but there’s room for growth. I’m not going to sit here and be like, ‘Oh, the sky’s falling and we’re panicking.’

“We have to play better. We just have to be better on all accounts. I don’t really have another message than that.”

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