To say that Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell has been fantastic in this postseason would be a huge understatement. Perhaps calling Mitchell historically spectacular would be a more apt way to describe the 22-year-old spitfire guard, who, according to ESPN Stats & Info, just became the second rookie in half a century to score at least 20 points in each of his first six games in the playoffs. The other one? None other than the greatest scorer of them all, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Donovan Mitchell has simply been phenomenal all season long for the Jazz, but somehow found an extra gear in the playoffs, where rookies like him don’t usually sizzle. Mitchell, however, seems to be immune to postseason jitters, as he is having his way against Oklahoma City in the series. In those six games, Mitchell managed to put up averages of 26.6 points on 44.4 percent shooting from the field to go with 7.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists.

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The Jazz rely heavily on Mitchell as a prime source of their offense, and the former Louisville Cardinals star has been repeatedly answering the bell for Utah.

In Game 6, Mitchell poured most of his points in the third quarter in which he scored 22 points on 8-for-10 shooting, including a perfect 3-for-3 line from behind the arc.