Felger: Mazz, what did you just say to me as we were coming on?
Mazz: Got to win this game. Got to win it. Like again, what are you going to lose to these guys again? They beat you four out of six last year. They beat you this year. That’s five out of seven, you’re going to lose six out of eight and lose on your home floor? When you went out there and they didn’t have Wiggins they beat your ass?
Felger: They have Wiggins back tonight?
Mazz: Good question. I don’t know the answer to that. I don’t know. Jaylen Brown, is he still listed as questionable?
Felger: That’s what Mazzula said to the guys.
Jim Murray: He practiced yesterday afternoon, basically going to be a game time decision.
Mazz: Okay. And what I would say is with or without him, I don’t care. They beat you out there without Wiggins. You added Brogdon, you’re supposed to be better. You’re on your floor. Don’t lose to these guys. Don’t. And in fact, as I was listening to Sean Grande right there, I’m thinking if I’m Mazzula, you know what I do? The guys show up tonight, I have game six showing on the monitor in the locker room. Guys, you remember this? I’d even put it on the freaking video board when they go out for warmup. That’s what I would do. Because, like, the one thing we look at with the Celtics is like they still have sort of this attitude of like, “Oh, yeah, you know, the games don’t count yet,” like their LeBron James who’s going at nine straight finals or whatever the hell the number was. And you know what? Like, I’m sorry, but I think the teams that win championships recognize the big games on the schedule during the regular season and this is one of them.
Felger: There’s only a handful.
Mazz: That’s right, there aren’t that many. There are a handful during the year that really, really mean something. And I think the Celtics have something to establish. I think they have something to prove to themselves, to the Warriors, to the rest of the league that “who we were last year is not who we are now”.
