Sam Hauser’s buzzer-beating three stretched the Boston Celtics’ margin of victory to nine in their win over the Chicago Bulls Friday. It’s not often that you see teams fire up a last-second attempt when they’re up by six, but that’s the magic of #TheCup.
“One, it’s the point differential, so you want to exhaust as much as you can,” said Cs coach Joe Mazzulla of the final bucket. “But I like it because this tournament and the point differential kind of eliminates all the unwritten rules that you’re supposed to follow or not follow, where in a normal situation you wouldn’t do that, but in this one, you get to look at a need and you get to draw up a play to try and get better in that situation.