Joe Mazzulla makes surprising admission following Boston's historic collapse
Mazzulla had something to say about losing big.
Joe Mazzulla makes surprising admission following Boston's historic collapse originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Saturday night was one of the roughest in Boston Celtics history.
Joel Embiid put up 34 points. Tyrese Maxey added 30 more. Three players making their first-ever playoff starts in a Game 7 combined for zero points on 0-for-7 shooting.
The 76ers walked out of TD Garden with a 109-100 win, completing the first 3-1 comeback against the Celtics in the franchise's 80-season history. Joe Mazzulla faced reporters after all of it "Too many times it's all about winning, winning, winning," Mazzulla said. "You have to surrender to the idea that when you're going after that, you're gonna fail.
We failed by not winning, but we stick to the process of being able to do that. " Mazzulla is a finalist for NBA Coach of the Year. He guided the Celtics to a 56-26 record while Jayson Tatum missed 62 games recovering from a torn Achilles.