Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla received a bit extra concerned in Thursday evening’s sport than coaches sometimes do.
Late within the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ conflict in opposition to the Phoenix Suns, following a Jaylen Brown steal and slam, Mazzulla might be seen making an attempt to dam a three-point try from Royce O’Neale after the Suns had known as timeout.
After the whistle was blown, O’Neal tried to get an open have a look at the basket from past the arc, however, unbeknownst to him, he was contested by Boston’s coach.
Mazzulla hilariously caught his arm up and tried to dam O’Neale’s shot. After the sport, he supplied the proper rationalization for his weird antics.
“I noticed a man entering into to attempt to get a shot, and he hadn’t made one, and I didn’t need him to be ok with himself going to the bench,” stated Mazzulla. “That’s the bench rule. Guys don’t shoot pictures in entrance our bench to return to their bench to be ok with themselves. If I’m gonna ask the blokes to contest, the employees’s gotta do the identical.”
Joe Mazzulla on his contest:“If I’m going to ask guys to contest, employees’s going to do the identical.” https://t.co/CQKxrzuBp8 pic.twitter.com/Gr6KeNtc69
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The Celtics have been main by 18 with simply three minutes left when Mazzulla tried to contest O’Neale’s three-pointer, which the coach described as “gamesmanship.”
Boston would go on to win 127–112. O’Neale didn’t rating a degree after capturing 0-for-7 from the sector, together with 0-for-5 from three-point vary.
