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.

Led by their All-Star, Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers beat the Cavaliers in five games. Mitchell, considered one of the top shooting guards in the NBA, still hasn't reached the conference finals in his career.

Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell is having a hard time getting over Tuesday's Game 5 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, which ended his season.