Donovan Mitchell's historic second half evens Cavaliers-Pistons series

For 24 minutes, Game 4 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons was another tight struggle. Then Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs came out of the locker room with guns blazing and put the game away in the first six minutes of the second half.

Mitchell scored 15 points in a 23-0 run as broadcaster Noah Eagle declared, "It's a Cav-alanche!" The Pistons didn't score until the 5:57 mark and went on to lose, 112-103.

Donovan Mitchell torched the Detroit Pistons defense

The Cavaliers did an excellent job of stopping Cade Cunningham and the Pistons offense after halftime, but it was Mitchell's unstoppable offense that really fueled Cleveland's big third-quarter run. He made his first five shots and went 8-for-9 in the quarter overall, scoring on stepbacks, floaters and drives to the basket.

Mitchell finished with 43 points in the win, his third straight game with 30 or more points. He's broken out of a mini-slump that saw him average 20.5 points over six games, a stretch where his outside shot wasn't falling and he attempted just 10 free throws. He struggled before halftime Monday, scoring just four points, then dropped 39 after halftime — the most in a playoff half in the last 30 years.