The Boston Celtics have gone 12-8 for the reason that starting of December and Joe Mazzulla’s crew has struggled on each side of the ground in latest weeks. They have been unable to guard the rim (or the glass), have struggled to guard the three-point line and been cold and hot on offense.
On Sunday, Boston clawed its method to a one-point win over the New Orleans Pelicans — a crew with the worst report within the Western Convention. The Celtics shot 29.5 p.c from three-point vary throughout that recreation, resulting in a rise of their makes an attempt on the rim.
Contemplating the Celtics entered the season with expectations of another dominant run towards the NBA Finals, it is comprehensible why the fanbase is barely disenchanted with how the crew is enjoying proper now. And as Mazzulla discovered throughout Sunday’s postgame information convention that disappointment has discovered its means into the media overlaying the crew.
“An important factor is profitable the sport and making the mandatory performs, even when issues aren’t going properly, so to talk,” Mazzulla stated. “So, each season brings on totally different challenges, each recreation brings on totally different alternatives. And, the scenario that we’re in now’s — we acquired to simply battle to win…What are we, the third-best crew within the league proper now? Which isn’t nice, however look, it seems like a morgue in right here. And that’s the way it ought to be.”
