Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points - including 12 in the fourth quarter - as the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a 22-point deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 123-116 on Friday

Eighty-three points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown weren't enough to push the Celtics past the first-place Cavs in a 123-116 loss at TD Garden.

And they ought to be, despite the hot starts we have seen from the likes of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East. One can make a case for the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers in the experience department if one squints hard enough,