Donovan Mitchell scores 20 points in the fourth quarter during the Cleveland Cavaliers' win over the Boston Celtics.

Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers claimed a 115-111 victory over a short-handed Celtics team that was without Jaylen Brown and Derrick White on Sunday, maintaining their spot at the top of the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers found themselves in a familiar position down 14 to the Celtics in the third quarter Sunday, but unlike last spring's East semis, they did not back down -- thanks largely to the efforts of Donovan Mitchell,