Donovan Mitchell had one of the GOAT ball hog games last night

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Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was disgusted by his line in the box score Friday night.

"I took 35 shots. That can't happen. Zero assists," Mitchell said after the Jazz's 113-107 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. "That's not who I am. That's not how I play. I know I'm still being aggressive, but I've got to be smart."

Mitchell, who heard boos throughout the night from 76ers fans who backed Ben Simmons in last season's contentious NBA Rookie of the Year race, scored 31 points on 13-of-35 shooting in the loss.

According to ESPN Stats & Information, it's the first 35-shot, zero-assist outing in the NBA since Carmelo Anthony's 62-point performance for the New York Knicks in a win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Jan. 24, 2014. Before that, the last such statistical line in the league occurred two decades ago, when the Boston Celtics' Antoine Walker hoisted 35 shots without an assist in a loss on Jan. 7, 1998.

Nobody has taken so many shots with zero assists and scored fewer points than Mitchell since the San Diego Rockets' Elvin Hayes had 28 points in a loss Feb. 8, 1969.

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