Joe Mazzulla on his philosophy around timeout usage and how he needs to improve as a coach

Joe Mazzulla on why he often credits others rather than himself Being a D1 basketball player you grow up with this sense of entitlement as if the whole world revolves around you If I wanted to be a better husband father coach I had to get rid of that type of entitlement

Up by 26 Joe Mazzulla went right up to Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown after the timeout and was coaching them up

Joe Mazzulla on being in contention for Coach of the Year I haven't made one basket all year Our staff hasn't made a basket We haven't gotten a block We haven't ran back on defense We didn't play in a back-to-back We didn't have to play hurt We haven't really done shit

Joe Mazzulla talks about potentially winning NBA Coach of the Year I think it's a stupid award they shouldn't have it I don't really ever want it to be asked or talked about again

Joe Mazzulla Anybody who ever doubts D-White they don't really care about winning I'm always going to double down on his competitive character and who he is

Joe Mazzulla to referee Aaron Smith Introduce yourself to the end of our bench and they can get a free throw Introduce yourself to our other guys theyre allowed to shoot free throws