It has been 14 years since the Boston Celtics won at least 60 games in a season. But in a 135-100 blowout of the Oklahoma City Thunder at TD Garden this past Wednesday night, the Celtics reached that benchmark once again as they also locked up the NBA’s best record.
Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla reflected on the gravity of hitting such a milestone — something he did not want his players to spend too much time thinking about given the task ahead, according to the AP. “It’s very hard to do. We may never be in this position again,” said Mazzulla of Boston crossing the 60-win threshold.
“We talked about it as a team,” he added. “We talked about it before the game, to try to treat this game as the clincher.”
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“To kind of put that on ourselves to be able to do that. I think it was important for us to simulate that,” explained the Celtics coach. “We should enjoy it tonight, and when (we) wake up tomorrow — nobody cares.”
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