Just past the halfway point of their first season together, Joe Mazzulla said that it felt like the Boston Celtics were beginning to get the hang of playing with Kristaps Porziu0146u0123is.
“I think now we’re starting [to] have a lot of moments of like, ‘Oh, this guy can make my life easier,’” the Celtics’ head coach told reporters last month.
On one hand, that sounds kind of funny. After all, Porziu0146u0123is has looked like a seamless fit since his Boston debut — a 30-point, eight-rebound, four-block, five-3-pointer masterclass against the team that drafted him, the New York Knicks — while averaging 20.