Has Joe Mazzulla lost the Boston Celtics’ locker room in their 2023 Eastern Conference finals series against the Miami Heat? Could it have happened even earlier in the postseason, or perhaps even in the 2022-23 regular season? More importantly, if he has, what should the Celtics’ front office do to remedy such a situation?
After the Celtics’ embarrassing Game 3 loss to the Heat, such questions have been circulating in the wider NBA media sphere, with no clear answer for Boston as their season may be grinding to an unexpected halt. With hints of the same issues in the prior two rounds, the importance of what the Celtics do to address this situation can’t be emphasized enough.
