Less than five minutes had passed in Friday night's final regular-season showdown between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers and Celtics, and the game already felt over. Cleveland coach Kenny Atkinson had burned his second timeout,

Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to help the Cleveland Cavaliers rally from 22 points down and stun the Boston Celtics 123-116 on Friday night in the final regular-season meeting of the Eastern Conference’s top two teams.

Mobley finally found his game, and Mitchell saved the day when it looked like all was lost. Could it generate hope for this spring?