Mazzulla on Williams’ two missed free throws: ‘I love him’

“Tell him I love him.”

That was head coach Joe Mazzulla, calm and collected after a disappointing end to regulation in another overtime loss to the Cavaliers 118-114 Monday night. With a chance to win the game on the free throw line with less than a tick left in the fourth quarter, Grant Williams missed both.

“It’s part of the game. He didn’t miss them on purpose. You got to be able to move on from it.”

Sports can be cruel where only results matter to many fans. Very rarely do we enjoy the journey as much as judge the trip on its destination. We forget that many had already chalked this game up as a loss after the Celtics lost in double-overtime the night before and left Jayson Tatum, Al…