"A very Joe Mazzulla response: Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has long since established himself as an inimitable NBA figure, unafraid to do or say things that are out of the ordinary (be it his disclosure that he watches "The Town" on a daily basis, or his unsparing choice in October to pit coaches against reporters in the annual media game)."
"Clearly unhappy with the officiating during a sequence at the end of the eventual defeat against Indiana - Pacers forward Pascal Siakam scored the go-ahead basket with 6.1 seconds remaining - Mazzulla could only muster two words at the postgame press conference."
""Illegal screen," he deadpanned to an initial question about the end of the game. Asked to clarify, he simply repeated himself. Asked an unrelated question, he responded with the same two words. "Illegal screen." Mazzulla said the phrase a total of six times in a 44-second press conference before it was brought to an uneventful conclusion."
Joe Mazzulla responded to Boston's 98-96 loss to the Pacers by repeatedly saying "Illegal screen" during a 44-second postgame press conference. Pacers forward Pascal Siakam scored the go-ahead basket with 6.1 seconds remaining after a sequence in which he set a screen on Derrick White before getting the ball back. Mazzulla appeared clearly unhappy with the officiating on that final play. Criticism of league officiating has been a recurring theme for Boston, exemplified by Jaylen Brown's $35,000 fine for calling referees "terrible" after a loss to the Spurs. Boston is 24-15 and will play the Heat on Thursday.
Read at Boston.com
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