A Celtics-Patriots crossover: During a Tuesday interview with 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Zolak & Bertrand,” Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla explained how Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels recently helped his team deal with some of the increasingly sophisticated defenses in the NBA.
While taking in a Celtics home win over the Heat on Dec. 19, McDaniels spoke with Mazzulla. The relentless Celtics coach, always in pursuit of an extra advantage, queried the Patriots assistant about how to recognize various defenses in man or zone coverage.
“Coach McDaniels came to a game a couple of weeks ago, and he actually drew up a couple of pre-snap motion plays for us, for me to kind of visualize and see how we could use them as sets,” Mazzulla said Tuesday.