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Justin Quinn

Chicago Bulls’ Billy Donovan no fan of in-season point differentials

Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan made it clear to the media postgame that he is no fan of the in-season tournament‘s point differential component and how that wrinkle in deciding tiebreakers caused the Boston Celtics to run the score up even when ahead by a virtually insurmountable lead in the Celtics’ 124-97 victory over the Bulls at TD Garden on this past Tuesday night.

“I didn’t like that,” he explained via MassLive’s Souichi Terada. But (Mazzulla) was great when we talked. I understand what they were trying to do. And listen, this is for the league. So I understand.”

“But this is what the league has done (now) that they’ve made this point differential thing (important).”

For his part, Mazzulla also apologized for the situation in his own postgame availability as well as to Donovan in-game. “I apologize(d) to Andre Drummond for doing that,” offered the second-year Celtics coach.

“But it gave us the best chance considering the circumstances we were in.”

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Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

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