The Sixers and Celtics will tip off in mere hours. We still don’t have a ton of clarity on Joel Embiid’s status for the series, other than he is still listed as doubtful for Game 1 in Boston.
To get a little more from the Celtics’ perspective on things, we exchanged questions with Jeff Clark, founder of Celtics Blog. (You can read his questions and our answers here.)
1. It’s pretty obvious how Sixers fans feel about Doc Rivers. How do Celtics fans feel about Joe Mazzulla?
JC: The Celtics started the season 21-5, so you could say that the “honeymoon” portion of the season went extremely well.