The NBA Playoffs came four months late, in a bubble in Orlando and without an audience, but with seven-game playoffs, the same tension as always and a first game that will be in the history of the league.

Donovan Mitchell put in the third best performance in Playoff history. Only Michael Jordan , on that night to remember at the Garden in Boston , and Elgin Baylor in 1962 had scored more points than the Jazz guard pocketed this afternoon at Disney. 57 for the Salt Lake City star , six goals behind Jordan's mark and with the same result: defeat.

If facing Jordan in '86 were Larry Bird's unstoppable Celtics , Mitchell found himself with a lesser but equally deadly enemy, at least today: Jamal Murray . The Nuggets point guard , irregular for much of the game, met with the Jazz guard in a dreamy last quarter, worthy of the first afternoon of the Playoffs.

Mitchell started the last period with 28 points and finished it with 51, coming back from the game for his team and giving the feeling that he would take the 0-1 to his hotel room. It was not so. With three minutes remaining and Denver down one point, Murray's show began . The triples of one were answered by the other with similar actions. The remaining eight players didn't matter. Mitchell made two free throws to tie the game at 115 with seconds remaining, leaving the last possession to the Nuggets. Murray started the play with the intention of being the protagonist, but ended up assisting Jokic , who found himself face to face with Gobert and could not tie the duel.

In overtime, losses doomed Utah , with Mitchell showing his weariness. A triple from Murray made it +8 for Denver and although a triple from his star brought the Jazz closer to six, it was not enough to come back.

Mitchell, despite the defeat, already enters the historical list of top scorers in the Playoffs at only 23 years old, the same age as Jordan was in the Garden. 57 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Jamal Murray went to 36 with nine assists, while Nikola Jokic had 29 and ten rebounds.

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