Hands down, the winners this year were: Celtics will have a new form of pressure on their shoulders next season, as they will now have to assume their role as reigning champions and Joe Mazzulla can only be pleased about it.
However, don't count on the young coach to Boston to change anything in the coming weeks, especially regarding his psychological approach.
” The phrase 'defend a title' is a very passive-aggressive term. » he explained in a podcast. If you look at the animal kingdom, some of the strongest ones don't defend themselves; they are the most aggressive and attack the most. Whether you win or lose, your mindset cannot change. You have to understand what it means to win and lose, stick to the details on a daily basis, and stay aggressive. You are not defending something, but attacking a new objective.. »
A statement which therefore fits in with the philosophy of Joe Mazzulla, who we already know is impatient at the idea of being in the position of the hunted in 2024–25.
“ People will say the target is on our back, but I hope it's on our forehead, between our eyes. I hope I can see the red dot. ” he said in the same podcast.
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Jayson Tatum | 74 | 35.7 | 47.1 | 37.6 | 83.3 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 26.9 |
| Jaylen Brown | 70 | 33.5 | 49.9 | 35.4 | 70.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 23.0 |
| Kristaps Porzingis | 57 | 29.6 | 51.6 | 37.5 | 85.8 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 20.1 |
| Derrick White | 73 | 32.6 | 46.1 | 39.6 | 90.1 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 15.2 |
| Jrue Holiday | 69 | 32.8 | 48.0 | 42.9 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 12.5 |
| Payton Pritchard | 82 | 22.3 | 46.8 | 38.5 | 82.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 9.6 |
| Sam Hauser | 79 | 22.0 | 44.6 | 42.4 | 89.5 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| Al Horford | 65 | 26.8 | 51.1 | 41.9 | 86.7 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| Neemias Queta | 28 | 11.9 | 64.4 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5.5 |
| Luke Kornet | 63 | 15.6 | 70.0 | 100.0 | 90.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| Xavier Tillman, Sr. | 20 | 13.7 | 51.5 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 41 | 10.1 | 41.6 | 38.9 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Drew Peterson | 3 | 7.6 | 66.7 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| Oshae Brissett | 55 | 11.5 | 44.4 | 27.3 | 60.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| Lamar Stevens | 19 | 6.4 | 46.7 | 37.5 | 72.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| Dalano Banton | 24 | 7.1 | 37.3 | 12.5 | 80.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Jaden Springer | 17 | 7.6 | 43.3 | 18.2 | 87.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Jd Davison | 8 | 4.9 | 41.7 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Jordan Walsh | 9 | 9.3 | 40.0 | 22.2 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
