Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Saturday “for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language towards a recreation official” on the finish of his group’s 117-108 house loss to the Chicago Bulls at TD Backyard on Thursday evening.
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla lashed out at referee Justin Van Duyne after group was known as for 3 technical fouls
Mazzulla’s outburst adopted Boston getting known as for 3 technical fouls within the fourth quarter — one every for him, Jaylen Brown, and Jayson Tatum.
When time expired, Mazzulla appeared to have directed some harsh phrases towards referee Justin Van Duyne. Throughout his postgame interview, Mazzulla mentioned he was simply making an attempt to unfold vacation cheer to the referee crew.
“I simply hadn’t seen them shortly, so only a merry Christmas, comfortable holidays, wasn’t certain I used to be going to see them earlier than the vacation,” mentioned Mazzulla. “I simply can’t let a second go by the place you would like somebody simply the perfect to them and theirs and their households.”
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Nevertheless, video of the change options something however a cheerful dialog.
NBA crew chief Tony Brothers mentioned after the sport that Brown obtained his technical for questioning the integrity of an official. Tatum acquired his technical for “an overt motion in the direction of an official,” Brothers added.
Jaylen Brown mentioned Van Duyne known as a technical on him and Mazzulla for no purpose in anyway
Moreover, Brown mentioned Van Duyne known as him for a technical for no purpose and that Mazzulla “didn’t say something” that may have warranted a technical.
“I obtained fined a pair weeks in the past for inadvertent gestures which are decided to not be part of the sport, which was wonderful,” Brown mentioned. “I took the wonderful. However what a part of the sport is a ref calling an inadvertent technical foul? I mentioned to him, ‘You known as a tech for no purpose.’ He mentioned, ‘In case you say it to me once more, I’m gonna name one other tech.’
“[I said again], ‘You known as a tech for no purpose.’ Then he known as the tech. Like, man, get out of right here. You may’t threaten guys with a technical foul. That’s not a part of the sport both. You wish to wonderful folks for gestures and all these things? High quality that. Like, that’s some bulls—t.”
The Celtics (21-6) will now look to get their revenge on the Bulls (13-15) on Saturday in Chicago. Within the first matchup of the regular-season collection, Boston received 138-129 over Chicago at United Heart on Nov. 29.
Per ESPN’s Basketball Energy Index, the C’s have a 70% likelihood to defeat the Bulls on the street. After all, NBA betting websites present Boston as a 12.5-point favourite. The Celtics are 10-2 away for the season.
