For the second time this season, an NBA player has scored 71 points. First, it was Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, whose 71-point outburst in January marked the most efficient game of 70 points or more in NBA history.
That fact can be measured based on true shooting percentage, an advanced metric that captures the efficiency of shots taken by a player while also accounting for a player’s performance at the free throw line.
Mitchell’s historic night was accomplished on 78.9% true shooting.
