Joe Mazzulla slams referees in an incredible press conference: "Illegal screen, illegal screen, illegal screen"

Joe Mazzulla didn't beat around the bush after the Boston Celtics defeat against the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. In fact, he used only two words. And he repeated them over and over again.

After the 98-96 in Indianapolis, the coach of Boston answered six questions in the post-game press conference. In all of them, his response was exactly the same: "illegal screen."

To the first question, where he was asked to explain the final possessions of the game, Mazzulla was direct: "illegal screen." When asked to clarify his comment, he insisted with the same expression. Even when asked if he was referring to an illegal screen, he repeated the two words.

The questions continued in the same vein. What had gone wrong for the team to fall behind in the score, what he wanted people to know about that action, or if he had anything else to add. In all cases, the answer was identical.

The reason for Mazzulla's anger seems to lie in the decisive play of the game. In the final seconds, Pascal Siakam set a screen at the top of the three-point arc that made Derrick White lose his balance. After receiving the ball again from Andrew Nembhard, Siakam faked the shot, took a step inside the paint, and launched a high-arcing shot that banked in after touching the backboard, with 6.1 seconds remaining, giving Indiana the victory.

Another penalty for the Celtics?

This episode adds to other recent incidents related to refereeing in the Celtics' environment. On that same Monday, the NBA fined Jaylen Brown $35,000 for criticizing the referees after the team's loss to the San Antonio Spurs the previous Saturday.

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