Overview
- Mazzulla is one of three NBA Coach of the Year finalists with Detroit’s J.B. Bickerstaff and San Antonio’s Mitch Johnson, the league announced.
- He previously said the award is "stupid" and asked not to be asked about it, pointing to players on the floor and staff behind the scenes.
- He explained that he let go of a Division I player sense of entitlement to grow as a husband, father, and coach.
- Boston won 56 games and secured the East’s No. 2 seed despite Jayson Tatum missing most of the season while recovering from a ruptured Achilles.
- BetMGM listed Mazzulla as the favorite at the end of the regular season, while Bickerstaff’s Pistons rose to the East’s top seed and Johnson’s Spurs won 62 games.