Dwyane Wade And Other NBA Players Couldn’t Believe Donovan Mitchell’s Tip Dunk In Game 2

Donovan Mitchell had a very solid performance on Wednesday night as the Jazz evened the series with the Rockets with a 116-108 win in Houston to steal homecourt. The rookie guard had 17 points and a team-high 11 assists as he assumed much of the playmaking role on offense with Ricky Rubio still sidelined with an injury.

While Joe Ingles was the leading scorer for Utah with 27 points and Mitchell found himself more as a facilitator rather than a scorer for much of the game, he still managed to produce Game 2’s biggest highlight in the fourth quarter.

Mitchell went for a floater in the lane but left it short. As the ball bounced off the front iron Mitchell stayed with it, leaping for the rebound and then, as he put it after the game, decided since he was already up there “why come down with it” and threw it down for a monstrous putback dunk that sent fans into a frenzy.

Mitchell’s NBA peer even had to take notice of his insane athleticism to pull off that quick secondary bounce to throw down that tip dunk, as those watching the game immediately reacted on Twitter in awe of what the rookie pulled off.

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On Thursday morning, Dwyane Wade was still reeling from the dunk and took to Twitter to offer the rookie some high praise.

I like that he used “Geez” because LeBron has already taken “Sheesh” when it comes to expressions of borderline disbelief. In any case, it’s clear that the rest of the NBA has taken notice of Mitchell’s abilities and even some of the best athletes in the world can’t help but marvel at his athletic abilities to pull off a dunk like that in the fourth quarter of a playoff game.