Donovan Mitchell | Cavs vs Bucks Post Game | 12.29.2023

Donovan Mitchell | Cavs vs Bucks Post Game | 12.29.2023

Kind of was in the bed for 4 days didn’t move um had to go home didn’t move and then try to get back so I mean I felt better than expected and you realize how much you missed the game when you’re just sitting at home doing absolutely

Nothing so that was great to be back but um ultimately um didn’t do enough to get the win man we we didn’t shoot well you know there’s a lot of obstacles you can point to but the biggest thing is we lose by eight shooting six of 43 from from the

Field you know I don’t think it’s anything to really hang our heads about um obviously a loss is a loss but there’s a lot of we got we did a lot of really good things and ultimately just didn’t result in two to points and especially the three-point line what did

You like from Craig Porter junr down the stretch he’s steady you know I think the biggest thing for him is you know just keep continuing as I come back as DG comes back continuing to play you know and and continue to be him and you see

Him like go ahead like you know what I’m saying go ahead do your thing because you know he’s a guy that can get into the pain create you know and and and do his thing and then he shoots a three barall Better Than People expect he just

Doesn’t like to shoot it you know I keep telling him to shoot it so um he’s never waivers you know and I think that’s the biggest thing from him we love to see it and we know we know that’s who he is um and so you know that’s that’s that’s

Craig Porter you know we’ve seen it he’s been doing it as someone who’s respected as a closer on this having 14 points in the fourth quarter what he had 14 points in the fourth quarter and you’re considered the closer of this team how did you see like what that something’s

Rolling you don’t you don’t waver from it I don’t I don’t care who it is if it’s going it’s going you know what I’m saying we trust him I trust him um you know see like I said it’s it was scoring today but you know last game was getting

Rebounds and getting you know Finding guys and making the right play so um you know at the end of the day it’s it’s all about the win doesn’t matter the ball’s in whose hands you know I’m not really tripping on none of that you know I

Think the biggest thing none of us are and I think for him just continuing to Be steady and solid you know and you can see it on his facial especially never waivers he’s always you know locked in that’s special for someone who was undrafted and on a two-way now playing

In big moments you know for for for us and against a team like that Ryan Ryan this was a big Journal you guys are going to play them four over the next four weeks but um obviously all four times with h Darius and I guess what do you hope to take

Away from from matchups like this um you know first and foremost you know I’m I like what we did tonight you know I’m not really upset with a lot of what we did you know there’s some calls that didn’t go our way you could point to

That but I’m not really to make excuses we just I personally feel like we know we didn’t make shots you know I feel like that was that was what it is they did a lot of things well as I mean we turned him over 17 times we did a lot of

Really good things but we didn’t make shots you know and I don’t expect myself Max stru George Yang Caris LeVert in particular Sam Maro to go you know four of whatever that is like you know what I’m saying like that’s huge you know that’s that’s make or breaks the game um

And there’s things we can obviously do better than little things but that’s the glaring thing for me um you know and they weren’t like bad misses they’re in and outs and things like that and sometimes that’s the nature of the game you know you could play great defense

But at the end of the day if the ball doesn’t go in what are you going to do uh Jackson flinger right down ID uh four of your nine assists went to Jared Allen uh what did you see from him today from a scoring perspective um he’s just

Been aggressive you know when I’ve been out I’ve just been watching you know Finding ways to get him you know looks we did it before even before I even got up you know kind of getting him going early and he kind of set that tone early and you know knowing that I draw

Attention just hitting him in that pocket getting to his floaters getting to his jump shot and I think he’s got more comfortable taking you know right hand left hand with a jump shot so excuse me um continuing to you know hit him in the pocket you know trust in that you

Know and he trusts me so that’s the biggest thing continuing just to make the right play anything else Donan saw your tweets you know encouraging the team when you were out what do you pick up when you’re sort of watching the team from a far if anything anything surprise you during I

Mean a lot of the what a lot of what’s going on now you know I think it surprises everybody else cuz they’re not in practice but we got guys that can go you know what I mean I think I mean the Dallas game speaks for itself uh but you

Look at just this stretch you know we could we could waiver like we we could easily be like you know what we lost to our guys I’m out Darius is out evans’s out like you know we could easily be like oh man like you know but for a

Group like we got guys that can go you know what I’m saying and doing it together collectively and that’s just been the spirit you know that’s been the spirit in the locker room and then as far as playing ex’s and those we got guys that think the

Game think the game do different things so this doesn’t come as a shock I think the biggest thing for me now is seeing where guys like to you know get the ball guys who haven’t gotten reps with you know throughout the year understand where they like the ball such as like

Sam Marill and stuff like that Craig I haven’t played with Craig much all year so now trying to you know figuring out out just watching it from afar and it helps me you know cuz when I get on the floor I see things that they’re doing

And I’m able to pick it up um and implement it into the game all right

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell spoke with the media following a 119-111 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on December 29, 2023.