Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points, including 26 in the second half, as the Cleveland Cavaliers came from behind to beat reigning NBA champions the Boston Celtics. In the match between the Eastern Conference's leading teams, Cleveland trailed by 22 points less than five minutes into the game but fought back to win 123-116.

Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to help the Cleveland Cavaliers rally from 22 points down and stun the Boston Celtics 123-116 on Friday night in the final regular-season meeting of the Eastern Conference’s top two teams.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were probably already going to finish first in the East and head into the playoffs with home-court advantage over the defending champions. But on Friday night, in the last meeting of the regular season between the Cavs and the Boston Celtics,