5 NBA players most likely to crack 70 points next

4. Donovan Mitchell

Only 14 times in NBA history has a player scored 70 points, but with Embiid's display last night, three of those instances have happened in the past two seasons. Dame Lillard hung 71 on the Rockets as a member of the Blazers last year, but now that he's a member of the Bucks, it's unlikely that he'll get such a dominant share of the ball while playing next to Giannis to make such an eye-popping number happen again.

The other player to score 71 last year was Donovan Mitchell, and it wouldn't be a shock to see him go nuts again. The Cavs guard made Brooklyn fly all the way to Paris earlier this month, only to get quarante-cinq points dropped on them once they got there.

Mitchell's backcourt mate, Darius Garland, hasn't played since December 14th after suffering a fractured jaw against the Celtics, and he's not the only Cavalier on the shelf, as Evan Mobley has been out even longer with a knee injury. Mitchell has stepped up in their absence, leading Cleveland to a winning streak of eight games and counting, but outside of his 45-point outburst against Brooklyn, he hasn't really lit up the scoreboard more than he usually does. Still, with upcoming dates against the Pistons and Spurs, it wouldn't be a shock to see him repeat his feat from a year ago.