After the fall of the Celtics to Heat in the NBA, Mazzulla vents

Joe Mazulla assumed the Celtics in a delicate moment and gave hope to Boston dreams of a place in the final of the NBA. However, the team was unable to overcome the Heat and was only runner-up in the eastern conference. Even so, the team proved to be strong and tough to face the adversities and show the reason why they reached game seven with chances of a historic comeback.

At a press conference last Monday, the 29th, shortly after the 103-84 defeat by the Heat, Joe Mazzulla was asked about the lessons he took from this series of insane games. The Celtics showed the strength to recover after losing 3-0 and looking for a 3-3 tie. Even with all the mental strength, the team did not manage to turn around and left TD Garden visibly depressed.

Even so, Mazzula insisted on defending his players. The coach, who still does not know if he will remain with the Celtics for next season, praised the delivery of the cast. In the coach’s view, the athletes showed character when trying to seek a historic victory against the Heat. According to him, this attitude revealed how special the Boston group is.

When we were down 3-0, the question was: how do we want to be defined? I thought they showed a lot of character by getting to this point.”, quickly responded to the press on the subject.

Jaylen Brown defended Mazzulla’s Celtics streak!

“I give Joe my respect. Tough situation to be in. And he took (the Celtics’ sticky situation) and moved on. We’ve had two rookie coaches in the last two years, and Joe coming from Ime as an interim, starting and then progressing to being the head coach, just totally accepted that challenge and got us to this point. It’s a tough position for a guy to be in. I don’t have to make any excuses and I’m not making any excuses now,” he explained during the press conference.