It was the first time in playoff …

It was the first time in playoff history that two opposing players each scored 50 points in a postseason game and only the sixth time that has happened in NBA history, according to ESPN Stats & Information. “I love hearing negative things [said] about me,” Mitchell said of what has helped him take his game to another level this postseason. “The knock on me has been inefficient, not a team player, whatever it is. I pride myself on being a team player, on being a playmaker. I’ve said it a thousand times, and I am going to continue to do that. … Fifty is what it is, but I am more happy that I got seven assists.” The sixth-seeded Jazz can eliminate Denver on Tuesday in Game 5.