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Donovan "The Spider" Mitchell.

It's not just that Donovan Mitchell is putting up numbers and producing highlights. It's that, with Ricky Rubio playing his best game in more than a month on Saturday, Quin Snyder had Rubio on the bench and Mitchell running the offense down the stretch of a close game against LeBron James and the Cavs. It worked and the Jazz got their first win in a game that was within five points in the last five minutes since Dec. 1. The Jazz have scored 102 points per 100 possessions in 551 minutes with both starting guards on the floor, and 109 in 525 minutes with Mitchell on the floor without Rubio. Since Thanksgiving, Mitchell has averaged almost 23 points per game (best among rookies by a wide margin) on an effective field goal percentage of 59 percent, the fifth best mark among 66 players who have attempted at least 200 shots in that time.
 
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That moment you realize the Jazz are coached by Peter Parker and lead by Miles Morales.
 
Interesting stat is that Mitchell is being assisted by Favors more than any other Jazz man. #2 on that list is Rubio and then Ingles. Almost 19% of Mitchells assisted shots made come from Favors, Rubio comes in at 16% of those.
 
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