BOSTON — Joe Mazzulla has been in all places this week because the Celtics clinched their 18th championship on Monday evening at TD Backyard. After a fast journey to Miami with the staff on Tuesday to rejoice, Mazzulla was again in Boston over the past two nights, parade the Larry O’Brien trophy across the North Finish to eating places and different favourite spots.
Mazzulla, a lifelong Celtics fan, was entrance and heart for the staff’s championship parade on Boston Duck Boats kicking off at TD Backyard on Friday morning. The Celtics coach remains to be nursing a torn meniscus on his knee that he has handled since March however that didn’t maintain him from being one of many extra energetic individuals within the parade by way of downtown Boston.
“I’ll inform you what, it was among the finest issues that occurred to me for the remainder of the season as a result of it put me on this combat or flight mentality the place I might simply not calm down,” Mazzulla defined on Pardon My Take. “I needed to always practice to maintain it pain-free, needed to always get bodily remedy. My bodily therapist has been nice and it was simply superior. I’ve been fascinated by perhaps getting damage each All-Star break.”
Regardless of the painful damage, Mazzulla was noticed standing atop the duck boat roof because it paraded across the streets of Boston. He additionally jumped off the duck boat at one level of the festivities to excessive 5 the gang packing the streets as they celebrated the 18th championship in Celtics franchise historical past.
Mazzulla was additionally honored by his hometown state of Rhode Island with a ‘Joe Mazzulla’ Day by Governor McKee within the midst of the title festivities. Mazzulla is ready to endure knee surgical procedure on his torn meniscus in two weeks, at which level he plans to start out making ready for Boston’s title protection.