CELTICS LOSE AGAIN: The Celtics were blown out in Game 3 in Miami and are now down 3-0 in the series against the Heat.
Joe Mazzulla’s roller-coaster season is at its lowest. And with the Boston Celtics now on the brink of elimination, the first-year coach is blaming himself.
“I think the most important thing is just sticking together, and then I have to be better,” said Mazzulla, the NBA's youngest coach at 34. “I’ve got to put them in better positions. I’ve got to get them ready to play. I have to have the game plan ready for us to be physical and to execute, and it’s important that we stick together.”
But this series has made all those good moments seem long forgotten. He took criticism for not using a timeout in the third quarter of Game 1 when Miami scored 46 points to completely turn around that contest. He’s taken heat for not being fiery enough, as well, though players said the problems shouldn’t all be on the coach.Celtics center Al Horford also had Mazzulla’s back, insisting there’s more than enough blame to go around right now.
The phrase in sports parlance is “losing the locker room.” For a coach, that is often extremely damning — and means either players aren’t motivated, aren’t prepared, or just aren’t listening anymore.
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