US EditionCeltics Coach Mazzulla Repeats 'Illegal Screen' to Every Question
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla protested an uncalled illegal screen by Pascal Siakam that led to the Pacers' winning basket in a 98-96 loss, replying "illegal screen" to every question.
- Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla kept his postgame remarks terse, answering every question with `Illegal screen` during a roughly 40-second presser after the Boston Celtics lost 98-96 to the Indiana Pacers on Monday in Indianapolis.
- On the deciding possession, Andrew Nembhard used a right-hip screen that knocked Derrick White off balance, Pascal Siakam then set a screen on White before banking a floater with six seconds left.
- Crew chief Pat Fraher's officiating crew recorded 14 total fouls—the lowest this season—and Boston Celtics played without Jaylen Brown, shooting 26% on threes.
- The coach's protest coincided with a $35,000 fine for Jaylen Brown, and Boston, losers of three of four, heads to Miami on Thursday to try to end a two-game skid.
- The victory gave the Pacers their third straight and moved them to 9-31, while observers say the play appears to fit the definition of an illegal screen, fueling officiating scrutiny.
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Joe Mazzulla repeats ‘illegal screen’ six times after Celtics’ loss to Pacers
Two nights after Jaylen Brown railed against what he viewed as unfair officiating in an NSFW rant, his head coach staged a different form of protest. Clearly believing that Pascal Siakam set an illegal screen before his game-winning shot in the Pacers’ 98-96 win over the Celtics at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla said only those two words in a postgame news conference that lasted less than a minute. Mazzulla fielded six que…
These were the only 2 words that Joe Mazzulla would say after Celtics loss to Pacers
A screen set by Pacers star Pascal Siakam helped him get the matchup he wanted leading up to his game-winning jumper against the Celtics on Monday night. That play clearly was on Joe Mazzulla’s mind as he met with reporters in Indiana following Boston’s 98-96 loss to the Pacers. The Celtics coach answered all six questions asked to him in the 44-second press conference, responding to each with the two words “illegal screen” despite many question…
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