{"id":123111,"date":"2026-05-07T05:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/cavs-mitchell-on-lack-of-foul-calls-i-dont-flop-maybe-thats-why\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:03:13","slug":"cavs-mitchell-on-lack-of-foul-calls-i-dont-flop-maybe-thats-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/cavs-mitchell-on-lack-of-foul-calls-i-dont-flop-maybe-thats-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs’ Mitchell on lack of foul calls: ‘I don’t flop, maybe that’s why’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Asked to pinpoint Tuesday night why he wasn’t getting to the free throw line during the playoffs as much as he was during the regular season, Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> star Donovan Mitchell<\/a> offered up, “I don’t flop, maybe that’s why.”<\/p>\n

Mitchell scored 23 points in Cleveland’s 111-101 loss<\/a> to the host Detroit Pistons<\/a> in Game 1 of their second-round series, ending his NBA-record streak of scoring 30-plus points in nine straight series openers. He went to the free throw line twice against the Pistons, after making 16 trips total during Cleveland’s seven-game series against Toronto<\/a> in the first round.<\/p>\n

During the regular season, Mitchell averaged 6.1 free throw attempts.<\/p>\n

“I’m just not getting the calls. I don’t know why. I don’t flop, maybe that’s why,” Mitchell said Tuesday. “And this isn’t just a tonight thing. This has been the entire series, and it’s frustrating a little bit, but because I’m such a dynamic driver, right? But I can’t control that. So if they’re not going to call it for me, I got to find a way to finish and do that.”<\/p>\n