The next time Joe Mazzulla says anything critical about his team will be the first
Celtics/NBA 2023-2024 NBA Playoffs: 1 Boston vs. 8 Miami
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EverettMike
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If his skin were any thinner he'd be translucent.
The other 1 and 2 seeds all up 2-0. 3 seed Minnesota up 2-0. 3 seed Bucks without Giannis lost a game. None of these teams were the NBA president's trophy winner.
The biggest thing with Mazzulla is teams who can hit three pointers kill him. The only time they have really played good consistent game to game defense in the playoffs under him was against the 76ers, but even then, the one game in that series Embiid didn't play and the 76ers had to play a more perimeter focused game, they scored 119 on Boston and won, the most they scored in the entire series.
Opponents points per game under Udoka in the playoffs
Nets - 109
Bucks - 97.7
Heat - 99.7
Warriors - 104.8
Playoff series under Mazzulla
Hawks - 115.8
76ers - 101.8
Heat - 109.1
Heat - 102.5 through two games
The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks have done worse to a Joe Mazzulla defense than a team that had Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving did when the Celtics were coached by Udoka.
Opponents points per game under Udoka in the playoffs
Nets - 109
Bucks - 97.7
Heat - 99.7
Warriors - 104.8
Playoff series under Mazzulla
Hawks - 115.8
76ers - 101.8
Heat - 109.1
Heat - 102.5 through two games
The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks have done worse to a Joe Mazzulla defense than a team that had Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving did when the Celtics were coached by Udoka.
Maine Fan
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OK, what were Joe Mazzulla's faults tonight besides his strategy of only 3 ball? Leaving Porzingis in too long after it was obvious he was having a bad night?
Miami's only threat in this series is getting insanely hot from 3. It's their only chance and yet even despite Spoelstra saying they would have to change how they play the perimeter game from game 1 to 2, the Celtics didn't seem to be prepared for that.
Running their one dimensional shooters off the perimeter and into the paint should be the priority but instead they were going under screens and just giving up a bunch of uncontested looks from deep just like they did in the conference finals last season.
Running their one dimensional shooters off the perimeter and into the paint should be the priority but instead they were going under screens and just giving up a bunch of uncontested looks from deep just like they did in the conference finals last season.
JRull86
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Just a disguting effort tonight against a mediocre team missing their best player.
Celtics should still win this in 5, 6 max, but just really poor showing tonight.
Celtics should still win this in 5, 6 max, but just really poor showing tonight.
So what I heard & watched...the Heat were sending help late so the C's couldn't kick out to the perimeter & forced them to shoot more 2's ?
EverettMike
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KrejciMVP
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Heat don't need to do anything spectacular, get in Tatums head and they have good shot
EverettMike
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KesselBuiltMyHotrod
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There's something fundamentally wrong when you're losing to the second place play-in team without their best player.
EverettMike
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McGarnagle
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Lillard just popped his Achilles
Celtics have zero excuse to not win the east
Celtics have zero excuse to not win the east
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KesselBuiltMyHotrod
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This game proves just how absurd the gameplan in game 2 was. Take away the three from Miami and a lot of their role players are no threat. This version without Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier are no better than teams like the Raptors, Hornets, Jazz or Trail Blazers. The next two games should look like this too
I thought effort was the issue in game 2 and that’s why I wasn’t concerned, I think they thought they could cruise and got reminded that Bam is still a beast and Spo is still the best coach in the league.
If they play with that kind of defensive intensity every game they’ll come out of the East, and they’ll make it look easy
If they play with that kind of defensive intensity every game they’ll come out of the East, and they’ll make it look easy
