The psychopathic mentality behind the behavior of the head coach of the Boston Celtics, Joe Mazulla (mainly), chopped on Kristaps Porzingis, and he was full of display in the match 2 of Wednesday evening against the Orlando Magic.
Porzingis took the determined soil, drawn and above all, in good health. But the 7 feet left with five stitches, and a bandage and a few streams of dried blood on the head following the victory of Boston 109-100 against Orlando. However, Porzingis was all smiling in all of this and judging by his temperament, Porzingis had no problem taking some battle scars if that meant that the Celtics would be done with a 2-0 series.
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Orlando Goga Bitadze pierced Porzingis with a fierce left elbow in the third quarter, leaving him on the ground in a bloody mess. Porzingis came out and in the player’s tunnel for a few seconds with a smile the size of a joker on his face before returning a few seconds later to take – and make – his attempts to launch the flagrant call from Bitadze. It was the moment of the night that sent the crowd of TD Garden to his feet.
“We are going to be us,” Porzingis told journalists, by Clns Media. “We will not leave anyone punk and we expect the teams to do this kind of thing – to put ourselves in the head, to try to provoke ourselves, to try to achieve a reaction of us, a little technical or something. It is an emotional game, of course. We were not surprised but we will not take it. We will hit them right away.”
Boston knew that the Orlando match plan, similar to game 1, would be to try to defeat the defending champions of the Physical Department. It was enough to take blood from Porzingis’s head and make AL HORFORD and JAYLEN BROWN gas in a brief mid -play fight, but that was. The magic could not get into the intimidation train long enough to follow the dashboard and it is the ultimate decision maker. The Celtics were the best team, even without Jayson Tatum, and even a night when those of the locker room would admit that they played far from their best.
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“I love my WWE moments for sure,” said Porzingis. “It happens just in the game and you know me, I always like to get involved with the crowd. And I already knew that blood would be again, the crowd was just going to go with it. So it was cool. It was fun. “
Porzingis provided Boston with a double-double performance, marking 20 points and striking 10 rebounds. The Moche d’Orlando diagram sent Porzingis to the seven times line, allowing him to become the first player in the history of the Celtics to raise 14 free launch attempts, five offensive rebounds, two blocks and two interceptions in an eliminatory match.
He did not skip the crowd, but those who share the ground with Porzingis too.
“When he returned and had to pull his free throws, I said to myself:” If you are throwing this frank, you are going to be a legend “, said Derrick White after the match, by NBC Sports Boston. “It’s good to see that he is fine, but I’m sure he loved it.”
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Bitadze, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and the rest of the magic head coach Jamahl Mosley’s Goon Squad could not stop Porzingis or the Boston offensive. Without Tatum, Orlando wasted an opportunity for winning lottery tickets to even improve the series and send Celtics a message apart – the one who has weight and does not only make blood.
Mazzulla, meanwhile, did not shout in Porzingis to get up from the sidelines, but offered his first bac in gold playoffs when he was questioned about the incident.
“I like to see him bleeding in the field. I think it’s important,” said Mazzulla, according to NBC Sports Boston.
Mazzulla added: “I saw nothing. I just knew that he had to pull the free throws to return to the game, then he returned and helped us to finish it. So, I appreciate his tenacity. As I said, many things he does this evening appeared on the box score – obviously with 20 points and 10 rebounds – but it brings a physical dimension.
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The Celtics can bring a direct elimination in match 3 Friday evening while Boston takes his lead from the 2-0 series in Orlando.
