Joe Mazzulla: Watching a woman dying and smiling and having fun with her life, that's what it's actually all about. Having that religion

The Boston Celtics got here again to beat the Miami Warmth 110-97, minimize their lead all the way down to 3-2 within the Japanese Convention Finals and preserve dreaming of turning the collection round.

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla spoke concerning the distinctive inspiration he hopes to instill in his gamers as they intention to realize an unprecedented feat.

All through NBA historical past, there have been 150 situations of groups beginning a Playoff collection with a 3-0 drawback, and none of them have managed to beat such odds and win the collection.

“I met three women underneath the age of 21 with terminal most cancers,” he famous.

“And I assumed I used to be serving to them by speaking to them, they usually had been serving to me. And so, having an understanding about what life is absolutely all about. And watching a woman dying and smiling and having fun with her life, that is what it is actually all about. And having that religion and understanding.”

Jayson Tatum hails crew’s character

Boston star Jayson Tatum pressured that the Celtics‘ character reveals up when the crew goes via probably the most troublesome conditions.

“For some odd motive, even final yr, we at all times appeared to make it somewhat bit more durable on ourselves,” Tatum mentioned after the sport.

“However what I do know is that you could see the true character of an individual, of a crew when issues aren’t going effectively, and our means to come back collectively, determine issues out when it is not essentially trying good for us, it is not like any crew I have been on this yr and final yr, simply the core group of men with the ability to reply.”