WEBVTT - Joe Mazzulla Still Refuses To Use Timeouts

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<v Speaker 1>So we talked about this before. I did some things

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<v Speaker 1>on social media about it, but it's worth mentioning again.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Joe Missoula, apparently, the head coach of the Boston Celtics,

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<v Speaker 1>loves the movie The Town so much that he watches

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<v Speaker 1>The Town four times a week, that's every other day,

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<v Speaker 1>actually more than every other day, just to get into

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<v Speaker 1>the mood. And in the inspiration of getting in that

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<v Speaker 1>Boston mindset, he has used one of the movie's catchphrases,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently to motivate the team this season this postseason. It's

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<v Speaker 1>who's car are we gonna take? Who's time out we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna call? But this is not about quirks. It's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of about his quirks, which is a basketball coaching quirk,

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<v Speaker 1>which is like not coaching. Yeah, we're talking about timeouts.

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<v Speaker 1>Better put Joe Mizula's inexplicable decisions about not taking them.

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<v Speaker 1>Last night, the Celtics lost home court advantage and they

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<v Speaker 1>dominated three out of the four quarters of that game

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<v Speaker 1>to the Miami Heat. They got cooked so bad in

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<v Speaker 1>the third quarter that they couldn't come back from it.

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<v Speaker 1>They were the better team pretty much the entire game.

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<v Speaker 1>They were up eleven at halftime, the Heat were a

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<v Speaker 1>ten and a half point underdog. Coming into the third quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>the Heat were getting you better than four to one

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<v Speaker 1>oz's just to take them to win the game. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, the Miami Heat scored forty six points

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<v Speaker 1>that third quarter. And during that time, when the Heat

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<v Speaker 1>erased an eleven point deficit and actually, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>took the lead, Joe Mazzulla didn't call a single timeout,

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<v Speaker 1>not one, not one. When the Heat pulled within six

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<v Speaker 1>seems like a time to take a time out, bam

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<v Speaker 1>adebayo and one no timeout a Heat three to pull

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<v Speaker 1>within one position. Uh No, not a timeout, not even

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<v Speaker 1>at the tie ball game, would get Joe Mizula to say,

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<v Speaker 1>I must stop the bleeding. We must have a conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>get your asses back in the game. Nothing. The entire

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<v Speaker 1>third quarter, Miami ripped apart, his defense outscored the Celtics

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<v Speaker 1>by twenty And what did Joe Mizula do, Not a

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<v Speaker 1>goddamn dame nothing. He sat on his hands, leaving the

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<v Speaker 1>players to flounder and wonder and try to figure it

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<v Speaker 1>out on their own. What do we even have a

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<v Speaker 1>coach for? If you're gonna make them figure it out, like, huh,

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening? That's what? What are these timeouts? Even four?

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<v Speaker 1>Marcus Smart said this in the following of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe's real big on not bailing us out when we play, Like, shit,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got to look at our selves in the mirror.

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<v Speaker 1>Jo can call a timeout and then what we do

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. It's on us. Joan is coaching staff

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<v Speaker 1>putting a lot of work to come up with a

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<v Speaker 1>game plan. Does like I'm confused. Does that Do we

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<v Speaker 1>just not like need someone in the game to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like recalibrate the troops, Like is that not what

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing anymore? Or what? Like I I don't I

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<v Speaker 1>don't quite get that. Like Marcus Smart when he calls

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<v Speaker 1>a timeout and then what he tells you, Hey, go

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<v Speaker 1>over there. Hey, when this person does this, you go

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<v Speaker 1>over there, hey. Like this man is open, he's pointing

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<v Speaker 1>out things that he can see from the bench because

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<v Speaker 1>he's not playing and you are. He can make adjustments,

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<v Speaker 1>he can make substitutions, so many options at his disposal

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<v Speaker 1>other than doing nothing. I'm so upset with him. It's

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<v Speaker 1>actually kind of adorable, you know, because you know it

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<v Speaker 1>when it's happening is you know, before it even happens,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to happen. You're like, all right, they're up

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<v Speaker 1>by eleven, it's halftime. How are they gonna fuck this

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<v Speaker 1>one up? It's like wow, So they ask him. They

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<v Speaker 1>asked Joe Missoula the presser, Uh. The media is like hey,

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<v Speaker 1>they'd asked it in a very funny way too, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you feel about the concept of like taking timeouts.

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<v Speaker 2>And going up against spol show who's constantly making adjustments

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<v Speaker 2>on the fly, willing to kind of call timeouts and

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<v Speaker 2>change things up so quickly. How did you balance like

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<v Speaker 2>trying to let things play out in the ways you

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<v Speaker 2>usually do, versus like having to seize control. I called

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<v Speaker 2>to in the first quarter, thinking more like the third quarter.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't call two in the first quarter, save it

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<v Speaker 2>for the third quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>Run What are you talking about? I have a question.

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<v Speaker 1>Does he not know that he gets more like that

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<v Speaker 1>his little bag of timeouts replenishes throughout the game. Does

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Mazoula know how this part of the game works?

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<v Speaker 1>Because when he asks, let's just really quickly, let's just

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<v Speaker 1>go back to it, just because I'm lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't call two in the first quarter, save it for

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<v Speaker 2>the third quarter. Run.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't call two in the first quarter to save

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<v Speaker 1>it for the third quarter, right, No, you had other ones,

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<v Speaker 1>like you called two in the first quarter, and there

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<v Speaker 1>are more to be used in the third quarter. Joe Mizzoula,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you talking about. I've listened to this clip

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<v Speaker 1>twenty plus times today. I swear to God or swear

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<v Speaker 1>to whatever, and I don't know what's happening. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure if he knows that he has extra timeouts. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if he thinks that he has four of

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<v Speaker 1>them for the whole game and he used them all.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if he understands that, like you can

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<v Speaker 1>actually call timeouts every quarter, like you can call him

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<v Speaker 1>in every situation. As long as you have you can

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<v Speaker 1>call them. And I know that everyone is killing him

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<v Speaker 1>for it, and you know what riders NBA TV people,

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<v Speaker 1>especially fans. As for the game, the twitter account Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>film Room described it best friend of show Bucks film

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<v Speaker 1>Room that Twitter account fucking hates me. The stages of

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<v Speaker 1>losing to the heat in the playoffs. Denial, They can't

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<v Speaker 1>keep playing like this, disbelief, How do they keep playing

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<v Speaker 1>like this? Anger? There's no fucking way the Heat should

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<v Speaker 1>be playing like this, bargaining God, they must have made

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<v Speaker 1>a deal with the devil or something, and then depression. Damn,

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<v Speaker 1>we lost to the Heat. We're going home. That pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much sums it up, folks. The Heat got thirty from Jimmy.

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<v Speaker 1>They shot really well again from three. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how they're doing that because they were one of the

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<v Speaker 1>worst in the league at three point percentage in the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season. Now, all of a sudden, gave Vincent Steph Curry. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, Caleb Martin is Andrew Wiggins in

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<v Speaker 1>his prime. Now, all of a sudden, these Heat are

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<v Speaker 1>like a full team of the Splash Bros. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh yeah, seven players hit two or more threes in

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<v Speaker 1>the game. Let me say that again. Seven Heat players

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<v Speaker 1>hit two or more threes in the game. Boston looked

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<v Speaker 1>really great in the first quarter first half. Marcus Smart

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<v Speaker 1>had ten assists in the first half. Celtics ended up

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<v Speaker 1>with six players with eleven points or more and the

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<v Speaker 1>team shot fifty two percent from the field. The Boston

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics shot fifty two percent from the field, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, they are still lost at home. So confusing.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Boston fans are perplexed as well. This is

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<v Speaker 1>not Philadelphia. No, you can't count on Doc Rivers going

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<v Speaker 1>Spider Man mean with you and also doing nothing when

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<v Speaker 1>bad things happen. Eric Spolstra, as is well documented, will

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<v Speaker 1>call a time out two minutes into the game if

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<v Speaker 1>he thinks that shit is gone awry. Hey, he will

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<v Speaker 1>throw something at Jimmy Butler. He will threaten one of

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<v Speaker 1>his players to beat his ass in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the game, like Eric Spolstra. Say a lot of things

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<v Speaker 1>about Eric Sposter all you want, but him not doing

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<v Speaker 1>what he's supposed to do on the floor with the

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<v Speaker 1>x's and o's and the adjustments, that is not one

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<v Speaker 1>of them. When Boston went on a baby run to

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<v Speaker 1>start the fourth quarter, what you think he happened? What happened?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you think he did? If you had to guess?

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<v Speaker 1>If I gave you options, what do you think he did?

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<v Speaker 1>If I put it on a multiple choice sheet and

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<v Speaker 1>I said a nothing. B yelled at his players from

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<v Speaker 1>across the room, see call the time out? What would

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<v Speaker 1>you say he did? Ninety four seconds in to the quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Spolster calls a timeout. Boom run stops. Is Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Mizula taking notes, young padawan, this is how you coach

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking playoff game. What a fascinating series. Boston's going home, right,

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna go home. I don't get to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the finals. I get to just watch the ship from Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>DC with four TVs and my co host, like, that's

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<v Speaker 1>where we're at. That's what's gonna happen, right, that's yep,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that is