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Joe Mazzulla is expected to remain the Celtics' head coach despite blowing a 3-1 lead to the 76ers.

Boston Globe

NBA on ESPN: "What changed in the series was Joel Embiid came back." Joe Mazzulla on what made the difference in the Celtics' series against the 76ers.

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NBA Courtside: Joe Mazzulla was asked if the Celtics relied on too many 3s: "No, I thought we did a great job reading the two on ones, taking what the defense gave us, and in the games we lost, the other team shot over thirty eight percent from three. And so, um, you got to make shots. You have to be able to do that. Um, something we've done well, something we do well. And you know, we just did it. And I thought they did a good job throughout the, you know, the series later games of making them. And so, um, love the looks that we got, love the process that we had. Um, but hate the result."

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Oh No He Didn't: Joe Mazzulla on the starting lineup change: "There was a couple of things we saw tactically that we wanted to test out, give the series a little bit of a different feel"

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StatMuse: Celtics 3-point shooting in Game 7. Jaylen Brown: 3-9 3P Derrick White: 5-16 3P Baylor Sheierman: 0-3 3P Payton Pritchard: 2-7 3P Hugo Gonazlez: 0-3 3P Jordan Walsh: 0-2 3P Ron Harper Jr: 0-1 3P Luka Garza: 0-2 3P Sam Hauser: 3-6 3P Mazzulla ball.

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Noa Dalzell: Joe Mazzulla on Jayson Tatum: “He came in today with knee discomfort." "Back-of-the-knee stiffness. Day-to-day."

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Noa Dalzell: Asked Joe Mazzulla how much he will reinvent the rotation / style of play going into Game 7. All year long, they haven’t changed the process — does that change now with the Celtics coming off back-to-back double digit losses for the first time this year? “I think you have to ask those questions. You also have to, which is difficult in a playoff series going into a Game 7, look at the stuff that you've been doing well, and the stuff that you just need to do better, and demand that of the guys. So I think it's a balance — trying to figure that out and take that into the game tomorrow.”

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Brian Robb: Joe Mazzulla isn't worried about Jayson Tatum's leg for Game 7: "He'll play."

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Noa Dalzell: Joe Mazzulla on Jayson Tatum: “Just got stretched, got some treatment.” Did not seem concerned

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Tim Bontemps: Final: Sixers 106, Celtics 93. A comprehensive victory by Philly over its blood rival sets up a Game 7 Saturday in Boston. Tyrese Maxey had 30 to lead Philly. Boston is now 17-1 in the playoffs under Joe Mazzulla when it hits 40% of its 3s. It is 19-19 when it does not.

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Adam Aaronson: Joe Mazzulla on VJ Edgecombe: “When he’s at his best, he’s a three-level scorer… He’s gotten better and better during the year.”

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Mazzulla said another of VJ Edgecombe’s 3-pointers came as the result of the Celtics over-helping off the strongside corner. Then, Mazzulla shared several other long balls Boston could have prevented. “Again, it goes back to the other ones,” Mazzulla said. “The two (Quentin) Grimes ones that we gave up on over-help, those are more impactful than some of the Edgecombe ones because that’s another guy that’s impacting the game. He’s a really good player, and he can impact it there. It’s those ones. Oubre missed a bunch in Game 1 that he got in Game 2. He got a corner one in transition off a pick-and-roll with Maxey across from our bench, he made that one. (Justin) Edwards got one with two seconds left on the shot clock because we kind of gambled and gave up one late in the clock. We have to go back and look at the ones that come schematically and tactically and which ones come situationally that we have to be better at in certain moments.”

New York Times

Noa Dalzell: Joe Mazzulla pointed to the second quarter as an issue. Asked Neemias Queta about that quarter: “37 points in a quarter in the playoffs — that’s a death sentence. We should be a lot better.”

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NBA Communications: The three finalists for the 2025-26 NBA Coach of the Year Award: J.B. Bickerstaff, @DetroitPistons Mitch Johnson, @spurs Joe Mazzulla, @celtics

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