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, mounted above both of his brawny shoulders, with the full weight of this playoff loss thrust on them, was set to ESPN’s First Take. The panelists were bombastically debating a biting topic.

Meanwhile in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder knocked off the Denver Nuggets 92-87 to even the series 2-2.

Instead, this trip ended with the same heartbreak as his other three to this point in the playoffs.