Iโm grateful to spend four years with Eric. Everyone knows he laid his body on the line every game for the teams success. Behind the scenes I dont think people realize how important he was for the team. Bringing joy+positivity, making others better, selflessness. Thank you Eric!
What a great way to end the season. Our guys believed in what we were trying to become all the way to the last game. Thank you ๐ค boosters for all your support + commitment to our team all season long. This team, this city and these boosters are truly special. What a great year!
Asked Joe Mazzulla what he thinks the story of this Celtics team has been:
โThe story's not done. We are only a product of what we do tomorrow, what we do the next day, and that's just the story. And if we would have lost this game by 1, tomorrowโs film session has to be as detailed and as disciplined as it is going to be with the result that we had. And so that's the story. It's not done yet, and we haven't done anything. All we've done is stick to the process of winning on both ends of the floor, put our head down, donโt overreact to a good win or to a bad loss. And, get better in the next game. So, still plenty of stuff we can get better from tonight. We gave up an ATO lob to LeBron, we gave up two back-cuts, we over-helped a few three point shooters.
We got to understand this is when we're at our best, and this is what we have to get better playing against a good Phoenix team who's tough, they kill the margins as well. And then we got a back-to-back. So the story is, it's just not done โ and we just got to keep sticking to that process.โ
Duke womenโs basketball HC Kara Lawson talks about adversity her team suffered starting the season 3-9, faced 6 ranked teams. Winners of 16 straight! People called for her job. I asked her about the heated discussions. โWe donโt get to determine the length of our adversityโ
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. I got my ๐ last night with a great team win!! I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy some time with family and friends.