DALLAS — After the Boston Celtics’ Game 3 win in the NBA Finals, where they took a dominant 3-0 lead over the Dallas Mavericks, Derrick White detailed one of Joe Mazzulla’s philosophies.
Mazzulla believes that the closer you are to winning, the closer you are to losing. That on the precipice of victory, the final step, is when complacency sets in.
When the Mavs cut the Celtics’ 21-point lead down to two late in the fourth quarter on Wednesday night, his ideology shined through. And White thinks Mazzulla probably enjoyed it.