Donovan Mitchell

2025–26 · CLE · heat-check telemetry

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Deep-3 flamethrower. Ranks #2 of 262 qualifying seasons in 2025–26, #32 of 7026 all-time (since 1997).

Pyrometer · channel HOT-STATE · units feet from basket

Hot-shot distance distribution vs season ambient

AmbientIncandescent

at/near ambientbold (past ambient)incandescent (deep three on a streak)ember line = 19.9 ft season ambient

Hot jumpers

167

Jump shots taken while hot — on a streak of two-plus made jumpers. Rim attempts are transparent: they neither break nor build the streak.

Boldness

842

The signal behind the score: how far past the season's average jumper each hot shot is fired, summed over all of them — volume × audacity.

Longest run

6 makes

Season ambient

19.9 ft

The season's average jumper distance — the moving baseline boldness is measured against. It rises with the era and the three-point line.

Deep 3s on streak

Three-share

73%

The share of these hot jumpers fired from three-point range — 22+ ft, corners included.