Sport: Mitchell's historic performance is not enough for Utah
- By daznplayervod.daznservices
- august 18, 2020
Opinion: Will contending teams' rest plans influence which NBA team lands the No. 8 seed?
NBA teams have increasingly spent the final week of the regular season sitting either injured or fatigued players to prepare for the playoffs. “It’s going to happen at the end of the season,” Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “You just hope that they’re doing it for their best interest.”From NFL plays to college sports scores, all the top sports news you need to know every day. The reason for Stotts expressing some concern over a common practice? During this restarted season, the context of this practice has changed.
NBA teams have increasingly spent the final week of the regular season sitting either injured or fatigued players to prepare for the playoffs. “It’s going to happen at the end of the season,” Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “You just hope that they’re doing it for their best interest.”From NFL plays to college sports scores, all the top sports news you need to know every day. The reason for Stotts expressing some concern over a common practice? During this restarted season, the context of this practice has changed. Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell may have played the game of his life at the start of the NBA play-offs - but ultimately it wasn't even enough to take the lead in the best-of-seven series the Denver Nuggets, who prevailed 135: 125.
© getty images Was in top form: Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell. At the Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando (Florida), Utah's Guard Mitchell was in great shape. The 23-year-old threw a total of 57 points and entered his name in the history books of Utah Jazz. Never before had a player scored so much in a post-season game. The previous record holder was club legend Karl Malone, who scored 50 points in 2000.
George Mitchell Fast Facts
Take a look at CNN's George Mitchell Fast Facts for a look at the life of the former democratic US senator from Maine.Here is a look at the life of George Mitchell, former US senator (D-Maine). In the Denver Nuggets, Jamal Murray advanced to the match winner with his striking performance in overtime. The point guard posted ten of his 36 points in extra time, collected nine assists and played a key role in his team's 135: 125 victory.
gallery: Mavs star Kleber: "Here Luka is already at LeBron level" (sport1.de)
The only Native American on federal death row faces execution Wednesday .
As the clock ticks toward the scheduled Wednesday night execution of the only Native American on federal death row, attorneys for 38-year-old Lezmond Mitchell are fighting on multiple fronts and pleading directly to President Donald Trump to commute Mitchell's death sentence.As the clock ticks toward the scheduled Wednesday night execution of the only Native American on federal death row, attorneys for 38-year-old Lezmond Mitchell are fighting on multiple fronts and pleading directly to President Donald Trump to commute Mitchell's death sentence.
See also
TOP News
