Utah Jazz: My five favorite moments from the 2017-18 season

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - APRIL 21: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz celebrates with Ricky Rubio #3 of the Utah Jazz after the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Three of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 21, 2018 at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - APRIL 21: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz celebrates with Ricky Rubio #3 of the Utah Jazz after the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Three of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 21, 2018 at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)
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4) Donovan Mitchell’s first 40-point game

As early as summer league, Donovan Mitchell exhibited signs that he could be a star in the making. Even as he struggled to knock down shots during the opening weeks of the season, there was a growing sense that the Jazz had really stumbled onto something with the 6-foot-3 guard.

On December 1, it became an undeniable fact.

That’s the night when he dropped his first career 40-point game on Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans in what was only his 23rd game as a professional. Mitchell scored 41 points in total — the highest single-game mark by a rookie in seven years — hitting 13-of-25 shots and six 3-pointers in the game.

As a result, he led the Jazz to a 114-108 comeback victory over one of the conference’s better squads. And he did so by coming through in the clutch, scoring 17 of his 41 during the fourth quarter.

Without question, it was Mitchell’s official coming out party.

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