Kristaps Porzingis PRAISES Joe Mazzulla For Challenging Celtics Players | Postgame Interview

Kristaps Porzingis PRAISES Joe Mazzulla For Challenging Celtics Players | Postgame Interview

Want to be the best version of this team that we can be and and that’s why we need to lock in each and every game each and every quarter you know each and every possession just as as long as we can and uh and tonight again yeah second half we’re you

Know we we we didn’t play our best basketball but um to be honest we we it did not feel like we didn’t play hard like we we play really hard um obviously it’s a back toback for us um but they’re that type of team that they kind of make

You look bad because they go for offensive rebounds all the time they move around like crazy play chaotic they get those like Second Chance points and it it looks really bad like and and kills the energy kills the crowd kills our energy you know so it’s it’s tough

And like ugly to play against them um but uh but yeah we we we we fought and we we got the win at the end so um good job at the end and uh and that’s it that’s that’s again we kind of we can take lessons from this game for sure you

Guys had that game against La where you’re missing shots and the team kind of I don’t know if you’re out there but the team kind of like lost its momentum and like tonight you had a play where you missed a shot but then you ran back

And got a stop in transition and like you didn’t just like sulk there so how important is it I guess for this team to remember when there’s those down moments that playing transition defense just keeping up the pace is important yeah of course of course it’s uh obviously

Easier to do towards the end of the game because then you’re like okay I have to go all out you know during the game you know you you you you tend to kind of you know go with the flow of the game a little bit more I don’t I don’t know if

It was it like towards the end of the game or when was that third quarter third quarter yeah so they’re making a run we have to bring the same energy otherwise you know they they they were just um they really made a huge run there and and and and so that was the

That was the mindset we had to just turn it up a notch also and and um and yeah we have to stay high energy have have to stay high energy and and strong mentally on on tough nights like this like back to backs and a little bit

Maybe tired and all that we have to put all that stuff and all those excuses to the side and and just play hard and play to our level and um and that’s it we we we we came came out with a win that’s the most important

Thing Chris THS you you’ve been around a few different kinds of coaches both here and back home um where does Joe fall in like the style of his coaching it seems like a lot of it is beyond just basketball it’s mental it’s it’s trying to kind of get you guys focused on

Certain things not just be here be there this is we’re switching one through four one through five stuff like that MH no I think uh Joe is very smart and he is um um he is very also like like mindset like driven he he he knows how important the mindset and the

Mentality is and that’s just who he is also you know he does jiujitsu he plays chess he’s you know he’s always uh trying to evolve also as as a coach as a person and um and he translates or transmits that to us and um and yeah

He’s a young coach but uh I think he’s very smart is that something that’s well received like are there some times where he says something to you that maybe is challenging or maybe you sit there and be like come on Joe like what is is there something that’s that different

That that challenges you there he definitely challenges guys and and that’s a great thing you know that’s a great thing um I think also you have to give credit to like JT JB he can challenge those guys and if he can challenge those guys then he can challenge everybody else

Also and and so you have to give credit to JB and JT for you know to be open to that um and that’s I think that’s a big part of what makes us a great team and uh and and we need we need that in in

The long run and in the most important moments when you know the playoffs and and some High um high tension situations will come where does where does all that show up in a game like this like all of the stuff that Joe’s preaching all of that mentality stuff

Where does that show where do you guys feel that on the floor when you’re trying to make this comeback or you’ve blown a lead or something like that I mean we just know it we just know him and we know ourselves and and you know just sometimes it doesn’t even take words we

Just looked at each other like come on we got to we got to go and and that’s it if if we want to be that caliber team uh we need to have that kind of mindset and that kind of trust in each other and also not take things personally you know

If you know you get Tak taking out a game or something’s not going your way or you whatever it’s hey we’re here to to just win and do whatever is the best for the team and if we all keep that mindset it’ll be a special Year Chris ABS the game you guys could

Make the game look really easy really pretty you hit the three after all the ball movement and you smiled and it it seemed like I mean that was kind of a Apex but the fourth quarter was a grind you know grinder of a game defense preventing offensive rebounds how

Rewarding is it to win a game like that because that seems like more of a playoff style basketball where you got to keep them off the boards and the two block shots at the end and and just the the little things of winning as opposed to hitting all the shots and kind of

Away yeah definitely even as a player the feeling is like you always want to have like a like a pretty game know you want to hit the shots everything’s boom Mo Ball’s moving everything’s perfect we’re getting all the defense stops and rebounds but it’s especially against

This team again like it’s it’s tough to play against them to be honest you know they’re always crashing they’re always they’re staying active they’re um they’re handsy they’re you know they they they they they they can make you look bad you know and and they turned it

A little bit ugly and they made a good run and and they played really hard they got into us and and and and yeah they made it a tough game for us uh but uh we responded especially our second unit uh towards the end of third no made a

Little bit run and then beginning of fourth and then and then we just closed it out so um like this was a real like team full team effort thank you cool thank you

BOSTON — Kristaps Porzingis, who contributed 17 points, 12 rebounds, and had 5 fouls in the recent game, shared high praise for Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla. Porzingis highlighted Mazzulla’s intelligence and focus on mentality, stating, “Joe is very smart, and he is very, also, like, mindset-driven. He knows how important the mindset and the mentality is. And that’s just who he is. He does jiu-jitsu, he plays chess… He’s a young coach, but I think he’s very smart.”

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