Joe Mazzulla Back & Forth with Reporter after Celtics LOSE to Hawks Again | Postgame Interview

Joe Mazzulla Back & Forth with Reporter after Celtics LOSE to Hawks Again | Postgame Interview

Uh get JT the ball and have him make a play for us so he got a shot off and uh you know looked like a good look and didn’t go are you just sort of looking for like a different kind of I guess just approach in that regulation no those are two different

Plays that one’s to end the game when you get the last shot the other one is you’re down one so you draw up a two for one play because you want to extend the game so two completely two completely different situations so it’s just situ yeah

M you better not say we couldn’t guard Murray he had 44 points on 44 shots and you already crushed JT so you better not do it not Crush JT all right I’m just making sure I’m just making sure cuz I thought we played great I’m just great

Defense on him but in overtime three against porz any other way to defend that because obviously he’s comfortable shooting over bigger players no those was are good Reps for us we went to that on purpose we have an opportunity to practice stuff that we’re going to need

To get to and uh we haven’t done a lot of 15 uh one through five switching with KP on the floor so I thought that was a good opportunity for us to just work on that and get reps in that and uh you know see get it on film you know what I

Mean so as much as you’re trying to win you’re also trying to work even in overtime work on such as porz um I think at that particular point in the game that gives us the best chance to win because of their ability to get to the free throw line um and second chance

Points and threes and so um you know we’re usually in 15 in certain situations like end the quarter uh but I thought that was a good opportunity for us to to start that way and change up the rhythm of the game I thought they had a lot of great Rhythm against touch

So uh we need to be able to go to that so I thought that was a good opportunity for us to work to execute that I mean those are tough shots they’re not easy shots you know in the final shot against me you got so yeah exactly like it’s

Just but that’s what he does Drew stole it from him two plays earlier so you know I would want nothing more than Drew holiday on dejonte Murray at the end of the game the offensive that’s where the game is you can take a look at all that but you had

17 offensive rebounds for 30 second chance points that’s the game right there how do you how do you stop it’s become an issue is it I still think we’re like third in defensive rebounding percentage on the whole season uh I don’t think it’s becoming an issue

I think tonight uh they do a good job of crashing uh you know you have to when you’re in there pick and roll spacing uh you want to shift and when you shift off those guys they do a great job of cutting behind you and being able to get

There so um I’m sure there’s a few of them that uh we can get better at uh but you know that to me is the game right there offensive rebounds Second Chance points I thought uh we played a hell of a game uh outside of that that component

You know they they got Second Chance points off a ton of those muray misses so you think that is about just the way you guys switching just don’t have the right um no I I I we weren’t switching at that particular point when he missed

Those they they cut behind us on a few uh and then we peeled a couple times uh which left us off of a guy and then when they’re off a guy they they cut in and go get it so I’m sure they you know beat

Us to a few of them you know out efforted us to a couple of them but uh that’s the game right there that’s the name offensive rebound Second Chance points when you went to 15 it seemed like it was kind of after boy had that step back when the drop coverage got

Little twisted going over did no that was that we miscommunication That was supposed to be a switch oh okay just a miscommunication switching up like almost hedging yeah was just a miscommunication do you do you how do you think K’s doing getting aggressive going up whether switching or hedging or

Uh we don’t hedge but he does he’s done a good job switching uh when we’ve done it like I said we haven’t done it a ton uh but those shots that uh they shot at the beginning of the game you know those are those are tough shots their

Offensive rating for the game was 1.15 other was 1.20 you know so uh if we rebound the basketball at home the one shot we win in regulation you know and maybe coming into this week Atlanta’s chances of getting out of the play in having your first round series didn’t

Seem so strong and now after this week they have a lot of momentum what did you see out of this match up they’re a good team I mean like I said they’re in that list of teams like Utah um there another team that I mentioned but you know controlling the

Shot margin is like a tough tough test because of their ability to shoot threes their ability to offensive rebound uh and the variance that they play with and so the shot margin is super important uh and teams like that that test that for you you know to me they’re really

They’re well coached and uh they put a ton of pressure on the shot margin and they execute well offensively so that’s a really good team there uh shot making getting into the free throw line I mean you saw the shot Murray hit you saw the shots we hit we

There was no layups I don’t think in the entire overtime you ain’t getting a layup uh very few of those and uh you got be able to make shots you got be able to create separation you got to play through physicality you got to try

To get to the free throw line and you got to make shots and so um I thought they just made a few more shots than us but we it came down to that uh those Second Chance points you know uh no not at all JB made one last question how demoralizing

Come on man I’m really trying hard here to like you know it’s not demoralizing demoralizing no I’m talking about not the loss I’m talking about a play like when Murray gets a corner three contest misses and then Hunter just simply puts it up for a second

Chance stop well I mean it’s hard to was that an airball that was the airball one yeah I think it was yeah you can’t rebound an airball I mean it’s I’m sure there’s 10 other ones that like we can talk about but can’t you don’t know it’s

Going to be an airball it’s an airball yeah but I mean listen if you’re looking for me to tell you that they out efforted us for like six to eight rebounds they out efforted us for six to eight rebounds but I’m not going to show the one on film of the air ball

Yeah thank Joe you got it

ATLANTA — Dejounte Murray delivered an outstanding performance, scoring a career-high 44 points and hitting a crucial go-ahead jumper in the final second of overtime, leading the Atlanta Hawks to a narrow 123-122 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Following the game, Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla addressed the media to discuss the team’s performance and the outcome of the intense matchup.

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