Perspective: The Boston Celtics have a championship-caliber roster. Critics wonder if their rookie head coach is up to the task.
The team is stacked, and Mazzulla has been smart enough to stay out the way, declining to call timeouts when his players hit rough patches. Even when he does stop the action, Mazzulla doesn’t appear to dominate a huddle. At times on Wednesday, despite being allotted 3 minutes and 30 seconds in a timeout, Mazzulla would keep it moving, spending as little as 15 seconds actually addressing players on the sideline.
After the game, Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra could sit down in peace. He wasn’t asked about his timeout usage. He didn’t face a single pointed question from the media about lulls in his team’s performance. No second guessing whatsoever.This tranquility, of course, had everything to do with his team winning on the road.
Across the back corridors of the arena, where the coach of the home team sat and stewed, there were no inquiries about the upcoming Finals. Mazzulla, whose curt and defensive responses to reporters’ questions have not helped his cause, faced another interrogation about his choices and his coaching style. Following that media session, Mazzulla walked out, grabbed his backpack, a to-go box of fruit and walked down the hallway with his wife.
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