Joe Mazzulla is under the biggest spotlight of his young NBA career, and he doesn’t seem very comfortable in it.
It shows in how he second-guessed himself after Game 4, saying that in hindsight he should have managed the end of overtime differently.
It shows in how he tried to drop the mic at the end of his Game 2 press conference, asking whether reporters wanted to ask about the adjustments he made after the Celtics won a home game they were favored in.
It certainly showed with how uptight and shaky the Celtics looked Tuesday night during a miserable home loss in Game 5.