Joe Mazzulla, Celtics coaching staff dominate Celtics media in pickup game

Media covering the Boston Celtics were expected to play a pickup crippled among themselves astatine Boston's signifier installation connected Tuesday. Celtics manager Joe Mazzulla had different plans.

The Celtics told reporters that they could usage the Auerbach Center courts for a media crippled aft practice. When asked astir the game, Mazzulla shared quality of a change.

"Don't privation to interruption it to you, but you're not playing against each other. You're playing against the coaches," helium told reporters.

The crippled went precisely however 1 would expect it to go. Mazzulla and his unit dominated the 12-minute game, winning 57-4.

Mazzulla's unit includes aggregate erstwhile NBA players specified arsenic 6-foot-9 guardant Amile Jefferson, defender Phil Pressey, 6-7 guardant Da'Sean Butler, who is Mazulla's erstwhile assemblage teammate, and God Shammgod. Mazzulla -- a four-year subordinate astatine West Virginia -- suited up, too.

Celtics stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum watched from supra the signifier court.

"It's hard to adjacent picture what went down successful the game. To picture it arsenic a catastrophe for america reporters would beryllium an understatement. The sheer spread successful athleticism -- speed, size, instincts, you sanction it -- felt truthful insurmountable that I tin hardly pinpoint what adjacent went down," Celtics connected CNLS newsman Noa Dalzell wrote. "I'd emotion to instrumentality a look astatine a container score, but the magnitude of live-ball turnovers we accrued would astir apt marque maine sick."

The media members yet played their pickup crippled afterward. The achromatic squad defeated the greenish squad 25-22 -- a stark opposition from the earlier contest.

Information from the Associated Press was utilized successful this report.