{"id":442038,"date":"2025-05-14T08:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=442038"},"modified":"2025-05-14T08:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:07:46","slug":"donovan-mitchell-on-cavs-early-exit-we-let-the-city-down-but-well-be-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/donovan-mitchell-on-cavs-early-exit-we-let-the-city-down-but-well-be-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell on Cavs&#8217; early exit: \u201cWe let the city down, but we\u2019ll be back\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers, despite a 64-win season, were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semis by the Indiana Pacers. \u201cI still don\u2019t want to believe it,\u201d said Donovan Mitchell, visibly shaken after Game 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donovan Mitchell on why he came back out after the game:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust couldn\u2019t believe it. Still don\u2019t wanna believe it. I love playing in that fucking arena man. That energy, that crowd. Lost 3 at home, let the city down. This place is really special.\u201d \ud83d\udc94<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MgntilCCXu\">pic.twitter.com\/MgntilCCXu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u00b9\u2070 (@HoodiGarland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoodiGarland\/status\/1922493143473065999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell averaged 34.2 points in the series, even while playing through an ankle injury. \u201cI love that arena. We lost all three at home. We let the city down,\u201d he admitted. Cleveland blew a 19-point lead in Game 5 and lost its first back-to-back home games all season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donovan Mitchell has never made it out of the second round \ud83d\ude2c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O32HQMEwHU\">pic.twitter.com\/O32HQMEwHU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooSports\/status\/1922469954047066454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Coach Kenny Atkinson recognized progress but said the team fell short physically. Mitchell, undeterred, showed faith in his teammates: \u201cWe\u2019re a good team. It didn\u2019t show in five games. But we\u2019ll be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qht\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetEmKnow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetEmKnow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spidadmitchell\/status\/1922381755429871787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Cleveland\u2019s stunning 4-1 loss to Indiana, Donovan Mitchell expresses his heartbreak and vows to return stronger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":442031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[19],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-442038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donovan Mitchell on Cavs&#039; 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