Career best, four games

Mitchell has the best four-game stretch of his career

Donovan Mitchell averaged 39.5 points and 5.8 assists over four games from Aug. 17 to 23, shooting 49 for 87, and the Jazz went 3-⁠1.

By Performance Score the four add up to +50.4, the best four-game stretch of his 245 games.

The best of them was 57 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists at Denver on Aug. 17, +18.9. He went 19 for 25 at the rim, 7 for 11 in the paint and 5 for 16 from mid-range. His 116 points from the field came on 87 shots, 25.2 more than the league scores from the same zones. Joe Ingles set up 3 of his 49 baskets.

His old best four, +41.4, came Aug. 13 to 21: 29.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists a game, 3-⁠1.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Aug. 17, 2020at DEN, playoffs	L 125-135	43	57	9	7	1	0	19-33	6-15	13-13	5	−11	+18.9
Aug. 19, 2020at DEN, playoffs	W 124-105	34	30	1	8	1	0	10-14	6-7	4-4	3	+23	+12.7
Aug. 21, 2020vs DEN, playoffs	W 124-87	28	20	4	1	1	1	5-13	2-6	8-9	0	+19	+3.6
Aug. 23, 2020vs DEN, playoffs	W 129-127	38	51	4	7	0	0	15-27	4-7	17-18	4	+5	+15.2
Four games	3-1	143	158	18	23	3	1	49-87	18-35	42-44	12	+36	+50.4

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.

His shots, all four games

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Donovan Mitchell

158 PTS · 49-87 FG · 18-35 3P · 42-44 FT

49-87 FG 56.3%18-35 3P 51.4%

116 points from the field on 87 shots: 25.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	19-25	76.0%	64%
In the paint	7-11	63.6%	40%
Mid-range	5-16	31.3%	40%
Corner 3	1-4	25.0%	39%
Above-the-break 3	17-31	54.8%	35%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Aug. 13, 2020vs SAS	W 118-112	11	11	4	3	0	0	3-5	3-4	2-2	0	+1	+6.3
Aug. 17, 2020at DEN, playoffs	L 125-135	43	57	9	7	1	0	19-33	6-15	13-13	5	−11	+18.9
Aug. 19, 2020at DEN, playoffs	W 124-105	34	30	1	8	1	0	10-14	6-7	4-4	3	+23	+12.7
Aug. 21, 2020vs DEN, playoffs	W 124-87	28	20	4	1	1	1	5-13	2-6	8-9	0	+19	+3.6
Four games	3-1	116	118	18	19	3	1	37-65	17-32	27-28	8	+32	+41.4

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Donovan Mitchell

118 PTS · 37-65 FG · 17-32 3P · 27-28 FT

37-65 FG 56.9%17-32 3P 53.1%

91 points from the field on 65 shots: 22.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	14-18	77.8%	64%
In the paint	4-7	57.1%	40%
Mid-range	2-8	25.0%	40%
Corner 3	1-3	33.3%	39%
Above-the-break 3	16-29	55.2%	35%