After the Cavaliers lost Game 3 to the Celtics, Donovan Mitchell repeatedly told Evan Mobley, “We Need You To Be Aggressive.”
Donovan Mitchell reportedly told Evan Mobley, “we need you to be aggressive,” several times after the Cleveland Cavaliers lost Game 3 to the Boston Celtics, according to NBA writer Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com.
In the end, the Cavaliers’ home team lost Game 3 106-93. Mobley finished with 17 points, while Mitchell finished with 33.
In his NBA piece, Fedor wrote, “Cavs star Donovan Mitchell grabbed Evan Mobley’s attention from two stalls away in the quiet postgame locker room and offered some advice.” “We require your assertiveness. Continue to be combative. In an attempt to convey to the gifted young player how crucial he is to Cleveland’s success in this Eastern Conference semifinal series and beyond, Mitchell must have said that same phrase almost ten times.
Mobley is shooting 63.2% from the field, 33.3% from outside the arc, and 85.7% from the free-throw line while averaging 18.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 0.7 steals, and 1.0 blocks in the Celtics series. In terms of points per game, he trails only Mitchell as the team leader.
Mobley stated, “I really will be thinking like that for the rest of this series.” “I’m simply attempting to be aggressive, locate my areas, and make those shots. In the game, it seems like we occasionally didn’t reach our desired destinations. They slowed down our offensive or we started playing a little bit late in the shot clock, and other such things. We need to watch the movie to prepare ourselves and enter the situation a little faster.
The Cavaliers are down the Celtics 2-1.
Averaging 31.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 5.3 assists in the series, Mitchell—who is nursing a left calf strain—shoots 51.5% from the field, 53.3% from beyond the arc, and 78.6% from the free-throw line.
Mobley, Darius Garland, Caris LeVert, Max Strus, and Isaac Okoro must all have outstanding performances for the Cavaliers to win Game 4. As good as Mitchell is, he cannot defeat the Celtics on his own.