{"id":136808,"date":"2024-05-17T20:28:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=136808"},"modified":"2024-05-17T20:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T00:28:40","slug":"joe-mazzulla-says-communication-made-celtics-different-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=136808","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mazzulla Says Communication Made Celtics Different This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"hpuYfN\"><strong>Joe Mazzulla<\/strong> finally addressed a question he and the Celtics\u2019 players mostly shook off all season. What\u2019s different?<\/p>\n<p id=\"ggP5Os\">Boston shook off its allusions to banner 18 following <em>unfinished business <\/em>a year ago. The team went with <em>different here<\/em>, which became clear through the team\u2019s consistency, dominant regular season play on both ends and two playoff series largely free from slip-ups and drama. The Celtics took care of the Heat and Cavs in five games after losses in Game 2 of each, rattling off three straight wins to finish them by reacting to how each opponent played them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"T2d56Y\">\u201cI think that\u2019s the real answer to what everybody asked all year about, oh, what\u2019s the difference between this year and last year &#8230; the difference is we\u2019ve had time and experiences to pull from, and we\u2019ve had time to talk about those,\u201d Mazzulla said during his Friday Zoom session in response to a <em>Boston Sports Journal <\/em>question.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve had time to talk about how we want to go about what our daily process is. We\u2019ve had time to talk about how we want to handle situations. We\u2019ve had time to talk about how we\u2019ve handled past situations &#8230; throughout the offseason and throughout the season, we\u2019ve had time to build a relationship together, to have open and honest communication &#8230; the words that you use end up reflecting the type of group that you have or the type of group you want to emulate &#8230; how we handle successes and failures together.\u201d&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Joe Mazzulla: No Kristaps Porzingis Injury Update | Celtics East Finals Interview\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64wNzVUs5yY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"x753xx\">Both Miami and Cleveland showed Jayson Tatum intense pressure and crowds. The Heat tried to coax <strong>Jaylen Brown<\/strong> into derailing the offense by stashing<strong> Tyler Herro<\/strong> on him. The Cavs aggressively helped at the rim in layers, forcing kick-outs and daring <strong>Al Horford<\/strong> to shoot. Tatum and Horford\u2019s offensive struggles didn\u2019t deter either, both eventually breaking out in Game 5 against the Celtics after relying on <strong>Derrick White, Jrue Holiday<\/strong> and Brown to create offense. The defense rallied from Game 2 letdowns with performances that resembled past greatness on that end and contrasted against last year\u2019s lapses on that end.<\/p>\n<p id=\"j2O0MO\">So what changed? The personnel did, certainly, though Kristaps Porzingis\u2019 calf injury in Game 4 at Miami risked lapsing into last year\u2019s play style and relying on the three. Shooting 40% from deep allowed the Celtics to close out the Heat in Game 5, along with three major injury absences on Miami\u2019s side that Cleveland would also suffer from, but the Cavs made a concerted effort to out-shoot Boston from three and did for four games. That led to Boston allowing paint looks once <strong>Donovan Mitchell<\/strong> went down, reducing the volume of threes that Cleveland could generate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7eLEeN\">\u201cThe one thing this team has done a good job of this season is not playing with any expectations,\u201d Mazzulla said. \u201cIf you\u2019re winning by a lot, if you\u2019re losing by a lot, it doesn\u2019t really matter. At the end of the day, it takes what it takes and you gotta be present. The team has done a good job fighting for that. I think that\u2019s important, managing our own expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Celtics vs Pacers Eastern Conference Finals Preview | Garden Report\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0QmhdCXKUKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"Jlq5bV\">Mazzulla alluded to other differences throughout the season, including timing, with this team featuring players mostly set in their contracts, individual accomplishments and age to the point where they\u2019re willing to sacrifice or do what it takes to win. Everyone says they want to win, he said, until it\u2019s time to do <em>s*** you don\u2019t want to do.<\/em> That included finishing possessions, deferring, screening or in Horford\u2019s case especially, standing in front of <strong>Darius Garland<\/strong> possessions after possession. Luke Kornet needed to guard <strong>Evan Mobley<\/strong> in isolation. Tatum had to score or pass through traffic. They all did it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oWtr72\">That\u2019s not to declare an east finals berth a success given the competition they played. Boston also couldn\u2019t control that, and had to handle that advantage they earned in the regular season the right way. It would\u2019ve been easy to expect both series extending to Game 6 because the Celtics letdown when their opponents ruled <strong>Jimmy Butler<\/strong> and Mitchell out. Instead, they built leads in each game and recovered from a second quarter deficit in Game 5 quickly on Wednesday, the same way they never lost more than two consecutive games in the regular season. An 8-2 start to the postseason improved the Celtics to 72-20.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Is Best East Finals Matchup For Celtics the Knicks or Pacers? | Garden Report\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XJFUfdE6TQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"pUW0Vu\"><strong>Brad Stevens<\/strong> praised Mazzulla earlier this year for successfully setting a message the team could follow. Whether entering games and series without expectations, managing the margins, making the right play and allowing players to embrace performances where their scoring doesn\u2019t drive their success, that allowed each player to feel important even on nights where everyone couldn\u2019t receive shots or tons of points.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Iyrzkq\">Different challenges lie ahead, potentially more fully-loaded opponents that feature MVP candidates and crunch time settings, Mazzulla noting that he\u2019s looking around the league for inspiration from situations other teams have played in. Boston has shown an ability to adapt, though, and that could become their defining feature on the way to a championship.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YRvLGX\">Horford endorsed his head coach\u2019s performance on Wednesday, maybe the most important affirmation from a player who didn\u2019t know Mazzulla well in September, 2022, is two years older than him and decided to trust him \u2014 even when he moved Horford to the bench.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7muV1p\">\u201cJoe has been key for our success,\u201d Horford said. \u201cI feel like he has put us in positions defensively, but also offensively, for us to continue to grow as players on the offensive side of the ball. Continue to make reads, continue to figure things out. There are a lot of ways teams try to play us, and I feel like he\u2019s been great tactically with our group. Making us see things, making us think about them and us being able to process so much information. J.T. and J.B., I feel like, have been great with that, because it\u2019s a lot that gets thrown at them, and different things that they have to navigate. Joe has been really good with that and just as a leader of our group. We follow him. He demands a lot from us and we\u2019re right there plugging away. We know we still have a ways to go, but he\u2019s done a very good job this year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Mazzulla finally addressed a question he and the Celtics\u2019 players mostly shook off all season. What\u2019s different? Boston shook off its allusions to banner 18 following unfinished business a year ago. 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