After the Celtics’ come-from-behind win over the Pelicans on Monday night, Joe Mazzulla sat at the podium and made clear that he embraced the adversity that the night posed. Against New Orleans on Monday, Boston had trailed by 17 early on, but pulled away with a win after a big second half and a clutch fourth quarter.
Mazzulla said he wanted the team to remember that it’s normal to have to earn a win in the NBA, that adversity was good — that not every night is going to be perfect basketball, or a blowout.
“I just hope it happens ten, twelve more times so we can get rid of the entitlement that we’re always supposed to be winning,” Mazzulla said after the win over the Pelicans.