With the game on the line, why wouldn’t Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla call a timeout?So the coach didn't do something and they lost the game; let the second guessing commence!
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Mazzulla hates timeouts the way I hate mushrooms.
We saw this again Sunday after Boston Strangler James Harden splashed a 24-foot 3-pointer from the right corner with 19 seconds left to give the 76ers a 116-115 lead in overtime of Game 4.
Timeout, right? Call everybody over, draw up the old Picket Fence Play, and let the Sixers get caught watching the paint dry as one of Boston’s mighty Jays hits the game-winner or gets fouled and makes a pair to clinch it.
Nope. That would be the conventional Brad Stevens, Hoosier Way.
Joey M trusts his guys and lets them play it out.
Monday, May 08, 2023
Their Loss Is His Gain
Another loss by the Boston Celtics, another column by Shank with a familiar refrain:
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Maybe Dan should ask Bird what he would have done
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