{"id":3994,"date":"2024-11-05T07:29:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T07:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2024-11-05T07:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T07:29:31","slug":"joe-mazzulla-praises-bench-player-as-celtics-asset-following-blowout-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=3994","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mazzulla Praises Bench Player As Celtics Asset Following Blowout Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1961448\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-hero__copy-upper\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__default-inner\">\n<h3 class=\"article-hero__subheading h6\">&#8216;He&#8217;s starting to realize how good he really can be&#8217;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-hero__copy-lower\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__default-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/pAuUsykbT6RC29rfbye1Bg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNw--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/celtics_wire_usa_today_sports_articles_699\/2ea1ffd0ca4e16bf6db79b6688234123\" alt=\"Celtics soar past Hawks in 123-93 road win - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Boston Celtics closed out their four-game road trip with a 30-point trouncing of the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>With Jaylen Brown sidelined for the second straight game, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla turned to Neemias Queta for the start alongside fellow big Al Horford.<\/p>\n<p>The big man delivered with 10 points, seven rebounds, one steal and a block across 23 minutes for the Celtics against the Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just grown as a player. He doesn\u2019t know how good he can be,\u201d Mazzulla told reporters, as seen on NBC Sports Boston\u2019s postgame coverage. \u201cHe\u2019s got a great ceiling, so the standard\u2019s very high. I think he did some great things for us today. But, when you\u2019re as good as he could be, we all got to hold him to that standard every single night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Queta has played in six of the Celtics\u2019 seven games this season, averaging five points in just over 12 minutes of action. Mazzulla continued to praise the 25-year-old bench player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a credit to him for just allowing us to coach him. It\u2019s a credit to the guys for supporting him,\u201d Mazzulla explained. \u201cBut you see what he\u2019s capable of when he\u2019s at his best, and he can be a real asset for us. He works really hard. He cares. He wants to be coached. \u2026 I\u2019m grateful he allows me to coach him. But, he\u2019s starting to realize how good he really can be and he\u2019s working at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Last season, Queta averaged 5.5 points and 4.4 rebounds across 28 games for the Celtics. With Kirstaps Porzingis sidelined for at least the remainder of the month, Queta could see more playing time if he continues to perform like he did against the Hawks.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla praised one bench player following Boston&#8217;s blowout win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3994","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 Praises Bench Player As Celtics Asset Following Blowout Win - 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=3994\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joe Mazzulla Praises Bench Player As Celtics Asset Following Blowout Win - 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