{"id":27204,"date":"2025-01-19T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:55:00","slug":"joe-mazzulla-enthusiastically-applauds-scuffle-during-celtics-overtime-loss-to-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics&#8217; Overtime Loss to Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4941,h_2779,x_0,y_196\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/si\/01jhy9rr8ry8s3jb1cbb.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Mazzulla during the Celtics' 120\u2013119 win over the Pelicans on Jan. 12, 2025.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"tagStyle_jjmvck-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>The Boston coach&#8217;s appreciation for the quality of &#8220;fight&#8221; is no secret.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_owlbttit4\">Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has never been shy about his love of fighting in the NBA\u2014not in a hacky, aesthetic sense, but in a genuine-if-odd-appreciation-for-fighting-as-an-art-form sense.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_kh0y3aefm\">On Saturday, then, Mazzulla was able to react accordingly when the Celtics and Atlanta Hawks got into a scuffle during the Hawks&#8217; 119\u2013115 overtime win.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_4r8zirvoc\">With 3:46 left in the extra session, a tie-up between Atlanta center Onyeka Okongwu and Boston forward Jayson Tatum ended in a jump ball. Okongwu and Tatum wrestled well through the whistle, and as referees seperated the two teams, Mazzulla began clapping profusely.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_0y2uk2dzh\">Hilariously, Mazzulla walked all the way out to the scrum and continued to applaud right in front of Hawks guard Trae Young.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can&#39;t get over how excited Joe Mazzulla got over this scuffle. He must&#39;ve clapped 300 times lmao <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UdGSwoMRKk\">pic.twitter.com\/UdGSwoMRKk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorcsnow\/status\/1880806632692838909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tensions are flaring here, with Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum both getting into it with the Hawks<\/p>\n<p>Whole time Joe Mazzulla clapping proudly in the background lmaoooo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wowh7nEytJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Wowh7nEytJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Noa Dalzell \ud83c\udfc0 (@NoaDalzell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoaDalzell\/status\/1880806437724831877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_ugdyrn8l9\">After the game, the coach praised his team&#8217;s &#8220;spirit&#8221; in defeat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tensions are flaring here, with Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum both getting into it with the Hawks<\/p>\n<p>Whole time Joe Mazzulla clapping proudly in the background lmaoooo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wowh7nEytJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Wowh7nEytJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Noa Dalzell \ud83c\udfc0 (@NoaDalzell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoaDalzell\/status\/1880806437724831877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_1p6ckdulp\">Despite some recent regression, the Celtics remain in second place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 29-13\u2014six games behind the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston coach&#8217;s appreciation for the quality of &#8216;fight&#8217; is no secret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics&#039; Overtime Loss to Hawks - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics&#039; Overtime Loss to Hawks - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Boston coach&#039;s appreciation for the quality of &#039;fight&#039; is no secret.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-19T15:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MsNga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MsNga\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204\",\"name\":\"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics' Overtime Loss to Hawks - News 365\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-19T15:55:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-19T15:55:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b1c32261ea7c1375bc99d782277ee798\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":1600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics&#8217; Overtime Loss to Hawks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"News 365\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b1c32261ea7c1375bc99d782277ee798\",\"name\":\"MsNga\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b3e1c10558dfaf162a998dc15535744ef38d91fd35d4fed1d170bd077977aa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b3e1c10558dfaf162a998dc15535744ef38d91fd35d4fed1d170bd077977aa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MsNga\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics' Overtime Loss to Hawks - News 365","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics' Overtime Loss to Hawks - News 365","og_description":"The Boston coach's appreciation for the quality of 'fight' is no secret.","og_url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204","og_site_name":"News 365","article_published_time":"2025-01-19T15:55:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":1600,"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MsNga","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MsNga","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204","name":"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics' Overtime Loss to Hawks - News 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-19T15:55:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-19T15:55:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b1c32261ea7c1375bc99d782277ee798"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICTURE-1300-x-1500-px-144.jpg","width":1300,"height":1600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27204#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Joe Mazzulla Enthusiastically Applauds Scuffle During Celtics&#8217; Overtime Loss to Hawks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/","name":"News 365","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b1c32261ea7c1375bc99d782277ee798","name":"MsNga","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b3e1c10558dfaf162a998dc15535744ef38d91fd35d4fed1d170bd077977aa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b3e1c10558dfaf162a998dc15535744ef38d91fd35d4fed1d170bd077977aa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MsNga"},"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27206,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27204\/revisions\/27206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}