Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers took control in the second quarter, pulled away in the third and held on for a 115-109 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night in New York. The Cavaliers (46-28) won for the eighth time in 11 games by outscoring the Nets 71-48 in the second and third periods. Cleveland moved 3 1/2 games ahead of the New York Knicks, who sit in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Mitchell, who was held to 15 points in the first meeting with the Nets, on Dec. 26 in Cleveland, made 10 of 22 shots, including five of Cleveland's 14 3-pointers. https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1638363797889904641?s=20 Former Net Caris LeVert ...Keep on reading: NBA: Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers pull away in midde quarters to beat Nets