What Jayson Tatum and Joe Mazzulla said about overtime scuffle
Jayson Tatum got into a brief tussle with Onyeka Okongwu. Here's what he and a visibly excited Joe Mazzulla had to say about it.
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"Honestly, I probably did that for you," Tatum said to a media member. "I thought you would probably like that, see me get angry and (expletive)."
Jayson Tatum and Onyeka Okongwu got into a brief scuffle Saturday night. Barry Chin/Globe Staff
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As Jayson Tatum and Onyeka Okongwu wrestled for the ball, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was watching from the sidelines with his thumbs in the air, likely signaling for the officials to call a jump ball.
Mazzulla’s excitement increased as the action heated up. He clapped vigorously as players from both sides rushed over to separate the two players.
No punches were thrown. There were no ejections. However, the grappling for the ball was growing increasingly intense until others came to diffuse the situation.
“It’s just competitive nature. It’s a fight,” Mazzulla said. “I think that stuff is important and you need to show a level of spirit and we did that. That was great. You’ve got to feed off of that. It’s a representation of the Celtics and the mindset that we’re trying to have. It was great.”
Advertisement:Boston led Atlanta by one with 3:46 to go in overtime when Tatum and Okongwu got into it. The Celtics ended up losing by four, but Tatum said he still enjoyed the scrap.
“Honestly, I probably did that for you,” Tatum said to a media member. “I thought you would probably like that, see me get angry and (expletive). But it was fun. A little tussle. I think the fans enjoyed it. It got the crowd going. Give the refs credit, it should have been a tech. They didn’t call it, they separated us, and we kept playing.”
Tatum’s dustup came three days after Kristaps Porzingis said the team played with “no spirit, no personality” following a loss to Toronto on Wednesday night.
Advertisement:The Celtics bounced back with a blowout win over the Magic, but faulty late-game execution caused the Celtics to blow a close game against the Hawks on Saturday.
Boston was up by two with 2:15 to go in overtime. Okongwu put the Hawks up by one with a layup and a made free-throw. Tatum made a layup and cut Atlanta’s lead back down to one, but that would be the closest the Celtics got for the remainder of the game.
Jrue Holiday took accountability for an untimely foul at the end of regulation that helped Atlanta force overtime, as well as a costly turnover in the same quarter. Derrick White said the blame shouldn’t all go on one player.
The Celtics were in a solid position to win this game. They just couldn’t finish.
“We were right there. We just didn’t execute down the stretch” Mazzulla said. “I thought this was one of our better spirited, mentally tough games that we played from a standpoint. We were there, we just didn’t do what we needed to do to win until the end … I was just excited to have some conflict and controversy and I think that builds us together.”
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