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Celtics Coach Joe Mazzulla Questions NBA Fans' Criticism of Too Much Scoring

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla questioned why NBA fans don't like the league's propensity to shoot three-pointers. | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

In two years at the helm, Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has taken his team to the Eastern Conference finals and last year, to the NBA Finals, where the franchise captured its first championship since 2008.

Boston's success has been largely predicated on suffocating defense coupled with league-leading three-point shooting. This season, the Celtics rank second in the NBA to the Cleveland Cavaliers in offensive rating (119.9) and take a league-leading 19.0 three-pointers per game, which they make at a 37.2% clip.

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