The Boston Celtics lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-114 in overtime, which was devastating. As the fourth quarter came to a close, Cleveland eliminated the Celtics’ double-digit lead. Still, the Cavaliers’ comeback was all but destroyed.
Granted a whistle to the free-throw line with 0.8 seconds left in regulation, Grant Williams needed one point to give Boston the game. The Celtics forward, whose success record from free throws this season is over 80%, missed both of his tries.
Tell him I love him,” Mazzulla said. It is a feature of the game. He simply needed to be able to move on from it; he didn’t miss them on intentionally.”
The head coach of the Celtics then commended Williams for his contribution to the group.
“Grant will recover because of who he is. “I fully trust him,” Mazzulla remarked. “We’re going to require his victory. He will need to be an excellent team player for us.
The Celtics are on a three-game losing streak going into their Wednesday night game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Joe Mazzulla, the interim head coach of the Boston Celtics, missed the team’s game against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday due to “eye irritation.”
Minutes before tipoff, the Boston Celtics announced their decision. In his absence, assistant Damon Stoudamire assumed the role of head coach.
Earlier on Tuesday, during his pregame news conference, Mazzulla spoke to the media. It seemed that his intention was to coach the Rockets. Camera footage from the press conference captures Mazzulla blinking and wiping his right eye.
126-202, the Celtics defeated the Rockets. After the game, Stoudamire revealed that he learned of his decision to serve as interim head coach around ten minutes prior to kickoff. There was still uncertainty about Mazzulla’s level of injury.
After the Celtics suspended Ime Udoka for the whole season in September due to infractions of the team’s code of conduct, Mazzulla was named head coach. At 24-10, he has guided the Celtics to the best record in the NBA. Boston came into Tuesday having defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, an opponent in the Eastern Conference, on Christmas Day.
According to a Boston Globe source, the Celtics do not intend to remove his interim tag during the regular season, despite his early success. On Tuesday, it was unclear if Mazzulla would miss any additional time.
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