Mitchell had a game-high 35 points and nine rebounds in the loss on Tuesday night for Cleveland. He averaged 34.2 points throughout the series, and he was battling an apparent ankle injury in their last two games. He left Game 5 briefly after missing the entire second half of Game 4 with the same issue on Sunday. Mitchell, 28, signed a three-year, $150 million contract extension with the team last summer.

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While it’s hard to consider a trip to the second round of the playoffs as a failure, it’s easy to see why many might view this season as just that for Cleveland. The Cavaliers, after starting out the season with 15 straight wins, won 64 games in the regular season. That’s the second-highest in team history, and only the franchise’s third 60-win season.

But the Cavaliers fell completely flat in their series with the Pacers, who won all three of the games at Rocket Arena in Ohio and had little issue getting the win.

To make matters worse for Mitchell, as ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins quickly pointed out on social media, he’s never made it to a conference finals in his career. He lost twice in this round with the Utah Jazz, too.