The Cavaliers have a lot to think about now as they look for better results next season. The loss is still fresh on their minds, including that of Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell spoke to the media on Wednesday and admitted that he had not been to sleep yet, but he had watched the game back twice.

The unplanned timing was impeccable. The backdrop diabolical. As sleepless Cavs star Donovan Mitchell reflected on the season’s abrupt exit, the muted TV in the corner of the media room inside Cleveland Clinic Courts,

Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers were the No. 1 seed in the East this season. They won 64 games in the regular season under first-year head coach Kenny Atkinson, who won the Coach of the Year Award.