Why was Porzingis on the bench in favor of Kornet? \
Mazzulla: "I mean he (Porzingis) couldn't breathe."
Can Celtics win this series without KP?
Mazzulla: "I mean he (Porzingis) couldn't breathe."
Can Celtics win this series without KP?
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00:00It can only make sense. We begin with head coach of the Boston Celtics, Joe Mazzulla, on why he kept Porzingis out of the game and instead went with Cornette. Here was Mazzulla postgame.
00:12Making the switch going away from KP for the second half, just how difficult of a decision has it been kind of maybe evaluating that throughout the series and then making that call tonight?
00:20I mean, he couldn't breathe. So he was available if absolutely necessary. And so that was just a decision between me and him. He was having just difficulties breathing, but he wanted to be out there. And if we absolutely needed him, we would have been able to go to him and rely on him.
00:38So, but you've seen a lot of that this year is changing the lineup at halftime is something that we've done a lot, you know, this year, because it just adds a different dimension and can change some sub patterns throughout the game.
00:47So it's a credit to the guys just buying into what gives us the best chance to win each and every night. And, you know, I know KP will be ready for us.
00:55So that started, am I right? That started in March? Yeah. With Porzingis? Yep. So it's, it's, it's a weird lingering, like long, you know, long bronchial or something like that.
01:08Three months on and off. So that's, that's, yeah, it's crazy. And it's like, like you said, it's affecting his wings. So his wind. So it's like, you know, that's the most important thing for, you know, a basketball player is like, all right, you got to have the wind to be able to get up and down the court.
01:23And a traditional dancer. Yeah. Listen, I don't know how they go to war. You had your, you had your wind last night, but it was coming out, coming out the back on some of those moves.
01:31Yeah. I don't know how they go to war after that. Cause I was absolutely gassed. And they said to me after that, Hey, guess what? Now we got to go fight a war. I'd have been like, I'm going to have to sit this one out.
01:42Right. I don't know why he's doing a war dance before war.
01:46I mean, and, and I, I, I, I believe a hundred percent that he is dealing with that, but also from Joe Mazzula's perspective, he was not, Porzingis was not able to give you anything really.
02:01No. In the first half. So, um, you just, he's got Pete Pritchett, man. Yeah. It was the right decision to take him out when it did.
02:08You want Pritchard to start. I would like, I would like Pritchard to start. And I would like Pritchard to be the point guard who controls the ball because he has the best handles.