US EditionDonovan Mitchell on Cleveland Cavaliers Being Booed at Home After Loss to Hornets: 'I Would Boo Us, too.'
Donovan Mitchell, averaging 31.3 points, expressed frustration after missing all 10 overtime shots in a 119-111 loss to the injury-hit Charlotte Hornets.
- Sunday at Rocket Arena, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost 119-111 in overtime after missing all 10 shots and some home fans booed at the finish.
- After a flat start and missed late chances, Cleveland rallied but Donovan Mitchell missed a clean 12-foot buzzer jumper at the regulation horn in an injury-riddled 2025-26 season.
- Donovan Mitchell reacted visibly after the final horn, pounding the scorer's table and covering his face, while guard Darius Garland, despite toe pain, scored and played through distress.
- The loss deepened a slump, with the Cleveland Cavaliers' recent nine-game stretch including 6 losses, prompting Mitchell to say `If I play better, we win that game`.
- Despite calls to stay united, the team's foundation is under strain, as last season's 15-0 start under Kenny Atkinson raised expectations higher than since the 2016 championship run.
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Donovan Mitchell on Cavs being booed at home after loss to Hornets: `I would boo us, too.'
Donovan Mitchell heard the boos. He felt the Cavaliers deserved them. After an uninspired 119-111 overtime loss at home to Charlotte on Sunday, Cleveland fell to 15-12 in a season that's not going as planned.
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Boos from the home crowd have become a familiar sound lately for the Cavaliers, whose frustrating season continued Sunday with an overtime loss to Charlotte, writes Tom Withers of The Associated Press. Facing a Hornets squad without LaMelo Ball, the Cavs were flat for most of the game, but rallied late to force the extra session. However, they missed all 10 of their shots after regulation and wound up falling to one of the NBA’s worst road teams…
NBA – This time, the rear wasn't able to save his team with a hot blow. Result: a defeat against the weak Hornets and a noisy reaction from the public.... Read more »
Donovan Mitchell says Cavs must stick together after latest letdown
AP Sunday night felt heavier than it should have inside Rocket Arena. The Cavaliers had chances, plenty of them, but none mattered once the game slipped into overtime. Cleveland missed all 10 of its shots in the extra session and walked off with a 119-111 loss to Charlotte, a Hornets team missing LaMelo Ball and carrying one of the league’s worst road records. That was the part the crowd couldn’t stomach. Boos followed as the final seconds ticke…
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