Following the Celtics’ season-ending loss to the Heat, head coach Joe Mazzulla spoke to Abby Chin of NBC Sports Boston about the unfortunate result.
Mazzulla didn’t have a whole lot to say about the team’s performance, and understandably so. It was a deflating loss.
“They played better than we did,” Mazzulla replied when asked what happened. “Our guys gave everything they had and that’s the most important thing.”
Mazzulla was then asked to share his message to the locker room. He responded, “I love them.”
This interview went viral on Twitter. Some people called Mazzulla “rude” for providing such short answers.
“I absolutely despise the fact that Joe Mazzulla was rude and terse with Abby Chin of NBC Sports Boston. She’s there to do a job and Mazzulla being a prick in the way he answers her doesn’t do him any sort of good,” Shukri Wrights tweeted.
I absolutely despite the fact that Joe Mazzulla was rude and terse with Abby Chin of NBC Sports Boston. She’s there to do a job and Mazzulla being a prick in the way he answers her doesn’t do him any sort of good pic.twitter.com/KHuzSSBaTK
— Shukri Wrights (@ShukriWrights) May 30, 2023
Mazzulla finished his first season as the coach of the Celtics with a 57-25 record.
The Celtics will have a few important decisions to make this offseason, especially since their core has been unable to get the job done.