Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz evened up their series with the Houston Rockets Tuesday night with a statement 116-108 win in Game 2. Mitchell did not shoot the ball particularly well in the game with an atrocious 6-for-21 shooting from the field to finish with 17 points, but one of the rookie’s many misses paved the way for arguably the best dunk of the playoffs thus far.

After missing a shot from close range, Mitchell unleashed his explosive second jump to follow up his brick with a powerful throwdown between two Rocket defenders, including no less than Houston big man Clint Capela.

Mitchell’s dunk surely launched a thousand instant reactions on Twitter and caused media members watching the game live at Toyota Center to react as though they just witnessed a ship sink in front of them.

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Just look at these faces:

After tying the series, Mitchell and the gang will head back home to Salt Lake City for Game 3 of the series this coming Friday. The Jazz have yet to suffer a setback at home in this postseason, as they are 7-0 in their last seven games at Vivint Smart Home Arena dating back to the regular season.

Mitchell will also look to have a sharper offense in Game 3 at home, where he is shooting 48.6 percent in the playoffs.