DALLAS — Parade plans had already been made, and the national media spent days discussing whether the Celtics were primed to become a dynasty. But 48 minutes of “details”, as Joe Mazzulla likes to call them, stood between the Celtics and Banner 18.
Mazzulla routinely stresses the details, the margins – rebounding, turnovers, shot attempts – as central to what the Celtics are trying to accomplish. So much so that when he was asked yesterday morning about whether the players relish the chance to compete for a championship, he said: ““I don’t know. I know they relish the margins, doing the things that go into winning.