Donovan Mitchell pushed himself to his physical limits, leaving everything he had on the floor while trying to close out the precocious Orlando Magic.

Cleveland’s star came up short. He gets another shot.

One more. Game 7.

“Best two words in sports,” Mitchell said late Friday night.

Unable to find a way to win on the road, the Cavs and Magic will settle their series on Sunday in a fitting winner-take-all finale between two teams that have put their strengths and weaknesses on public display for six games.

Only one advances to face the Boston Celtics, the beasts of the Eastern Conference who will be well-rested for whichever team escapes this Cavs-Magic stalemate.

For Mitchell, who scored 50 points — including Cleveland’s final 22 and all 18 in the fourth quarter — during his virtuoso performance in Friday night’s 103-96 loss in Game 6, everything that has happened prior to this is almost meaningless, an extended opening act.

“All the stuff you’ve done for six games really goes out the window. It’s all about desperation and will,” he said. “How do we find ways to continually be relentless. I have no doubt that we’ll show up. I have no doubt Cleveland will show up.”

It would help Mitchell if a few more of his teammates showed up.

He was virtually alone for long stretches in Game 6 while trying to push the Cavs across the finish line and win a playoff series without LeBron James for the first time since 1993.

Mitchell did it on a cranky left knee that flared up throughout the second half, but barely slowed him. But while he did his part and backcourt mate Darius Garland added 21 points, the rest of Cleveland’s lineup, which was missing center Jarrett Allen due to a rib injury, contributed only 25 on 10-of-33 shooting.

Cavs forward Evan Mobley, whose block on Franz Wagner in the final seconds sealed Cleveland’s one-point win in Game 5, scored just three points on five shots and struggled after rolling his ankle in the first half.

Mobley was noticeably limping after the game.

And while much of this is new to the Magic, who won just 22 games two years ago and 34 last year, there’s a quiet confidence in a young team being forced to grow up quickly.

The stage hasn’t overwhelmed Orlando to this point, and coach Jamahl Mosley believes his team is ready to face the ultimate win-or-else situation.

“These guys remember what got them here,” Mosley said. “Obviously, they do understand the magnitude. But we’ve also been the same team all year, the way in which we play, what we’ve called for and asked them to do — play with a sense of urgency every single night, play hard every single night, play for each other every single night, defend at a high clip.

“It doesn’t change, no matter what the game.”

Lue says he wants to remain with Clippers

Tyronn Lue said he wants to be coach of the Los Angeles Clippers for the longterm and declined to address directly speculation that the Lakers would target him in their search after firing Darvin Ham.

Lue was asked about his future and the talk of the Lakers after Dallas ended the Clippers season with a 114-101 victory in Game 6 of a first-round series on Friday.

“I don’t really have a comment on that,” Lue said when asked about his name surfacing in the Lakers’ search. “It’s great to be wanted. That’s a really good feeling. Like I said, I want to be here. Hopefully, we’re able to solidify that.”

Kleber out indefinitely with separated shoulder

Dallas Mavericks center Maxi Kleber has a separated shoulder that will sideline him indefinitely and raises doubts about his status for the rest of the playoffs, a person with knowledge of the injury said Saturday.

Kleber injured the right shoulder in the first half of the Mavericks’ clinching 114-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the club hasn’t disclosed details of the injury.

Dallas won the first-round series 4-2 and will face top-seeded Oklahoma City in the Western Conference semifinals starting Tuesday night.

Kleber was driving toward the basket in transition, running near full speed, when he fell hard on his right side after getting upended in a collision with LA’s Amir Coffey, who was called for a blocking foul.

Kleber, whose 3-point shooting was a boost for Dallas in the series, bent over in pain several times while going to the bench for a timeout. He returned to the game for the free throws, making one of two before leaving at the next dead ball.

Irving remains perfect in closeout games

Kyrie Irving wowed the crowd with a crossover move that helped create just enough space for him to let fly with a leaning 3-pointer.

Luka Doncic’s co-star with the Dallas Mavericks was bumped and fell with the shot in the air, and his teammates were right there to mob him when the shot went in as the whistle blew.

The four-point play was a punctuating moment in a 114-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday that sent the Mavericks into the second round of the playoffs with a 4-2 series victory.

Dallas beat LA for the first time in three first-round tries over the past five seasons — and Irving improved to 13-0 in closeout games for his career.

Lakers’ Russell fined for verbal abuse of official

The NBA has fined Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell $25,000 for verbally abusing a game official shortly after the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets earlier this week.

Joe Dumars, the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the fine on Saturday.

The Lakers’ season came to an end Monday in a 108-106 loss in Denver, which won the series 4-1. Los Angeles fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two seasons.