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The highest-scoring Asian players in Premier League history

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The earliest recorded game that bares the closest resemblance to modern-day football was born in Asia. The Chinese pastime of cuju - which literally means 'kickball' and is pronounced tsoo-joo - was played more than 2,000 years ago. More than half of humanity comes from Asia yet the biggest continent on the planet with a rich history in the sport has not had a commensurate impact on the scoring charts of the world's most popular football league. The Premier League has been home to some of the continent's greatest talents but only one Asian player has ever scored from than 20 times in the History of the Premier League . There are no prizes for guessing which player tops this particular list but the remaining names may be harder to pluck out of thin air. 6. Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) - 7 goals Kaoru Mitoma swiftly became one of his continent's leading scorers after just one season of Premier League football / Sebastian Frej/MB Media/GettyImages Kaoru Mitoma burst into ...

Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell makes history with fourth consecutive 40-point game in win over Magic

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Donovan Mitchell's terrific first season with the Cleveland Cavaliers got even better on Tuesday night when he made history with his fourth consecutive 40-point game in the team's 117-113 win over the Orlando Magic. Mitchell finished with 43 points, five rebounds and four assists on 15 of 23 from the field. As he's done so often throughout his career and this season, Mitchell did some of his best work late in the Game to ensure that the Cavs came away victorious. With just under three minutes to play, and the Cavs clinging to a two -point lead, Mitchell hit back-to-back jumpers to push their advantage to six. Then, in the closing seconds, he hit two clutch free throws to ice the Game . All told, he had 12 of his 43 points in the final frame.  Mitchell is now the 11th player in NBA History to have a 40 -point streak of at least four Game s, and the first to do so since...