Joe Mazzulla repeats crucial mistake in Celtics Game 6 loss to 76ers | Brian Robb
The Celtics suddenly find themselves with their season on the brink after an ugly Game 6 loss to the 76ers.
PHILADELPHIA — The biggest blind spot for Joe Mazzulla as a coach has always been adjustments in the postseason. The Celtics coach has been slow to tweak during his four years at the helm in Boston. Sometimes (2024), the roster has been good enough where it hasn’t mattered.
Other times (2023, 2025) it has led to some stunning upsets against the Heat and Knicks. The Celtics are facing a potentially historic collapse on Saturday after dropping Game 6 to the 76ers Thursday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Boston has blown a 3-1 series lead and could become just the 14th team in NBA history to lose a series after holding that commanding advantage.
A lot of things went wrong for the Celtics in Game 6. Jaylen Brown played out of control and showed bad shot selection. The starting unit remained sluggish offensively.
Boston got no real offense out of their top two bigs. It was a lot of what we saw in Game 5 for Boston. Yet Mazzulla made no notable changes until the game was already decided in the fourth quarter, when he pulled all starters to rest their legs for Game 7.