Celtics Offensive Strategy Explained: Joe Mazzula’s Game-Changing Chess Moves vs Mavs

[@co2metal]

I am a 95 year old grandma having my great grandson type this for me. I feel like I am learning a lot about the game thanks to you!

[@HoopsIQ]

That is awesome!

[@BoozleTK]

cap.

[@leslievienneau84]

This is awesome for an old grandma who loves the game. Your video is so well done, helps me understand and appreciate the game even more, thanks!

[@HoopsIQ]

Glad I could help!

[@joe-pm1gp]

Simply: 1. Luka is cone on defense 2. JT cooks 1on1 defenders 3. Celts hunting mismatch 4. Celts playing unselfish ball

[@Ironfangzu]

1。Luka is indeed cone on defense. 2) No Celtic can be left alone on defense so someone can double team a driving Tatum, Brown, or Holiday. 3. Every Celtic is a plus defender and can hold his own on defense 1 on 1 so there is no need to gamble and double team. They didn't even choose to double team Luka. 4. Almost every Mav is getting torched on defense so they constantly scramble and rotate to try to cover guys who are too fast/strong/skilled. Every position is really a mismatch, except when Luka or Kyrie are on offense. 5. The Celtics had their Duck Boat parade today and there were 2 million fans celebrating, and no one overturned a car, burned a bus, or looted a store. We cheered and clapped, had a great time, thanked our team, and went home. That part was the hardest, but we Bostonians do this a lot, lol (13 championship parades since 2001. No wonder other fan bases hate us)

[@HoopsIQ]

😂 Luka a Cone

[@vh448]

Mazulla game planning is brilliant but what makes him a genius coach is he knows which buttons to push with his players. He said doesn't matter who the coach is or what game plan they use, if you can't get the players to buy in and work at it, it won't bring success. So how does he motivate everybody? By making everybody feel important. He never takes credit for any success. He gives it to the players, to Brad Stevens for putting the team together, to all the Celtics greats that came before, to his staff, even to the fans.

[@HoopsIQ]

Very well said!

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

Mazulla said most of his creativity came from watching Manchester City and pep guardiola giving him pointers on tightening spacing

[@PHN-2024]

I thought Joe Watched “Ted Lasso” and the AFC Richmond Greyhounds and decided to use “Total Basketball”. However, the Players would refused to wear strings attached to their Junk in practice.

[@HoopsIQ]

Interesting

[@cvgodd1432]

Yup and his whole coaching style came from some team he coached against and they cooked his team. They created a bunch of extra possessions and shot way more 3s than any other team. He said they made a math problem nobody can solve and now he’s doing it in the nba. Reddick said it, Mazzulla gave mavs a math problem they can’t solve! It’s about the personnel too, Celtics don’t have 1 weak defender or shooter on the team!! Not one!! Even the end of the bench plays D and hits 3s

[@crizzane6092]

Jeez, this exposes Luka in the worst way & it isn't even the point of the video! Great stuff

[@HoopsIQ]

😬😬

[@byronogden-s1w]

Luka will never learn ,no one has been able to teach him defense as young player ,it's too late for him to learn ,he looks like turnstile lol ,he is uncoachable imo all he dies is shoot shoot

[@willaerley7140]

Luka fans like to brag about his 2 steals/game. Too bad all his gambling and sloppy D gives up 20 easy shots.

[@mattjames6954]

Seriously, the second play they showed Luka was just standing there. Jrue just strolls past him!

[@byronogden-s1w]

@mattjames6954 and looks like turnstile half the time has no idea about basic defense

[@jameslane8592]

Great stuff. With all due respect to Marcus Smart, this is what Holiday brought that Marcus just couldn't do.

[@MrBacchus18]

I love Marcus he was my favorite player, it's unbelievable Brad could get an upgrade at the position but that's what Jrue is.

[@microclues327]

I loved Marcus, but near the end in games, he was weak link

[@DF-de8ib]

Marcus Smart has a ton of heart which makes people love him but in reality he was a liability.

[@HoopsIQ]

Absolutely

[@timstile5840]

Need all 5 games breakdowns...great stuff

[@HoopsIQ]

Ok! I’m on it 🫡

[@drich008]

Talking heads on tnt (Barkley) said tje Cs don’t run any plays or move the ball, they win games off straight 1v1 and talent. Yea ok, this playoff run, especially the finals, says otherwise

[@johnciano3524]

Seriously it really makes me wonder when there covering these games and watching what are they looking at. Or are Shaq and Barkley just stuffing there fat asses with more food and the jet is only one watching game.

[@HoopsIQ]

Yeah, sent Charles into retirement

[@ToxicMetropolis]

Very cool breakdown - great to see these examples and analysis. Thank yoU!

[@HoopsIQ]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SETEPENRA711]

Yes sirr great analysis☀️

[@HoopsIQ]

Let’s go! I love getting better!!

[@RobMartino]

This great analysis - I'm only a casual basketball fan and most of this stuff I'm not aware of while it's happening, but breaking it down like this really helps me appreciate it a lot more.

[@HoopsIQ]

Thank you

[@RT-qz5ci]

Very impressive homie. Shocked you don’t have more subs. You earned another one today 👊

[@HoopsIQ]

Appreciate it!

[@johnbenoit6768]

Im a 86 year old grandfather and this is a good video. Informative and well put together!

[@HoopsIQ]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@daytimestudios3678]

Joe M is a brilliant for head coach! Truly the best work!

[@HoopsIQ]

👍

[@Ersanchez1822]

Nicely done sir, well-explained, and that's the reason why we are the Champs 🏆 👑 🍀..! Be ready to explain everything again next year when we become the champions once again 🍀🏀..!

[@HoopsIQ]

😂 I got you

[@OldSchoolPatrick]

Wow! HoopsIQ indeed! Nice job Boston, and HoopsIQ

[@HoopsIQ]

Thank you!!

[@margaerytyrell4177]

Finally, some real damn ball knowledge on KZbin. Great insight.

[@HoopsIQ]

I appreciate it!

[@kuruptzZz]

Luka has improved, but he still looks so lost and confused on defense

[@RT-qz5ci]

I don’t think he’s lost or confused at all. He’s a very smart player. That man is fat AF and he needs to be called out more for it. Any hooper knows you can’t play defense if you’re overweight

[@HoopsIQ]

He’s actually pretty good at on ball D. But it seemed like they were all confused

[@kuruptzZz]

@@HoopsIQ Yeah that's where he has shown the most improvement. But I'm talking about his decision making when facing screens and switches. Looks very raw

[@paolostefanini1057]

Great video!!

[@HoopsIQ]

Thank you!!

[@gerald-hl7kt]

Great job breaking everything down you know you got a future in the NBA as an assistant coach somewhere

[@HoopsIQ]

Thank you!

[@QCMBB]

Great analysis

[@HoopsIQ]

Thx

[@tylerriley2587]

you’re absolutely right about Holiday.

[@HoopsIQ]

💯

[@tylerriley2587]

@@HoopsIQ Jrue > Marcus Smart. Marcus wasn't the right guy he was good on defense but offense was the weakness and Joe is the opposite of Ime offense first

[@dado380]

Hauser has such a beautiful shot!!

[@HoopsIQ]

Facts

[@OMGFrijoles]

Luke like, I don't get paid enough to play defense.

[@HoopsIQ]

😂 😂

[@kingevan271]

He is also carrying the offense on his back

[@CleanMusicLover229]

In game 4, the Celtics should have put Queta in to alter a lot of the Mavs shots.

[@HoopsIQ]

They didn’t seem to care much about Game 4.

[@civileit]

See what happens when you attack the paint instead of jacking up 3s like in game 4!

[@HoopsIQ]

Yeah, they sold game 4

[@georgebanker2669]

Interesting how man of these defensive lapses involved Luka.

[@HoopsIQ]

🤔

[@migueljaquez9884]

I agree with you. Holliday is real MVP

[@HoopsIQ]

Booom!

[@srvtx6527]

How Great is it that the Celtics Celebrated in MIAMI 😂😂😂😂

[@HoopsIQ]

😆

[@wholeinthesoul7925]

Nice analysis....would you literally have voted Jrue for Finals MVP?

[@dellnelson03]

there was a strong case for jrue to be an iguodala type finals mvp

[@clarenceonyekwere5428]

I had him as a possibility tbh.

[@HoopsIQ]

Yes!!!

[@keithleder8971]

I always thought that Luka was a ball hog, just like Harden....but i also feel that a series between the Nuggets and Celtics would have been better. I think Jokic kind of either got gassed, or he just wanted to go home.

[@HoopsIQ]

Can’t argue with this one ☝️

[@DavidHuhn-i1n]

The media trying to break up the J”S they need to break up Luka and Kyrie.

[@HoopsIQ]

🤨

[@HoopsIQ]

🤨

[@dentpulla]

End of the half 3 point half court shot was traveling😮

[@scottmci]

Steve Javie of the NBA, who monitors the enforcement of rules during games, said it wasn't traveling. Peyton got his gather step (which can be 2 steps) and then used his shooting step, which is a step you can take so long as the player doesn't retain the ball when they land. It's similar to the Eurostep players take at the basket.

[@dentpulla]

@scottmci in gonna agree to disagree on this one. No harm no foul but it was travel all day long. All that european step is like you said EUROPEAN. it's out of hand now to the point they gotta review the two step rule before Mr harden and Mr James started traveling. You watch any 80s,90s, and mid 2000s nba games and it's traveling.

[@dentpulla]

This is gonna be a huge argument about this euro step garbage Mr harden brought to the league and now everyone is over using THE EURO STEP. Key word EUROPEAN STEP. nba is in the USA and I'm sure they aren't calling any rules there THE AMERICAN " " just admit the refs suck and swallow whistles more than they blow them. Kind of like the lady boys in Taiwan

[@HoopsIQ]

Yep, I agree

[@dentpulla]

@HoopsIQ not sure if you read comments about referee explaining how he gathered himself and had an extra step to take shot ,but it's bologna. They make up new rules in the NBA every year now. Sorry I'm off subject of video but the so called EURO STEP has driven me crazy since Mr harden started to add 1 and even 2 extra steps to jump shots . Great video of breaking down the series but I had to add the fact about these extra steps the nba is letting players do

[@coletnich]

my grandma says: "Thank you! There was no way that this non defensive team could stop the best team in the NBA all year and blame it on a luka injury."

[@HoopsIQ]

Yup

[@angelnieto316]

I wanna see a game 4 breakdown. Did Boston throw the game or did mavs beat them down

[@bubblehulk7647]

No way they threw a game in the Finals. What if Tatum or Brown got hurt and they actually needed the extra game they gave away? The Mavs needed that game WAY more, they were at home, and they were hitting almost everything in the first half and the Celtics came out flat after going up 3-0 (which in the NBA means they won the finals, but still had to play it out…which is emotionally hard to do.)

[@HoopsIQ]

Interesting, I’ll have to go back and take a closer look

[@drchuff]

I don't think they went into the game with the intent to throw it, but when it became clear early on it wasn't gonna be their night, I think they resigned themselves to going home for gm5 and didn't tighten up on D like they usually do. Also their shots weren't falling and they weren't getting the same calls as DAL. So, like gentlemen the Cs gave em one.

[@RichieAlton]

This proves that Luka looks slow and Lyrie is selfish lol.

[@HoopsIQ]

Yup

[@Shipwrck86]

Its funny the Celtics show you how to defend these plays when they go on defense

[@HoopsIQ]

Yes, so true

[@nguyenhonganh7803]

I watch this video only because I watched video Jo Mazzula learn from Pep

[@HoopsIQ]

💯

[@mykelengieza7057]

Celtics have never won a ring without a dominant post up player who protects the rim.....we have possibly 2 of the 10 best in the league, and they both shoot 35%+ from 3.....mixed with 4 3 and d players....and then Brown and Tatum.....stop....it's a cheat code...Celts will be banned from tournament play in NBA25....just saying

[@HoopsIQ]

😯

[@kashshhds8824]

Lukas bad defense cost them

[@Jive33]

☘️☘️☘️

[@mackmaloney3776]

The Mavs would have been better off with Luka Brasi

[@ortsacerdi1423]

😊its not about offense their defense is good also you cannot win with offense alone they are locked down on defense

[@HoopsIQ]

Yeah, you’re right, but Mavs offense was terrible.

[@firejaygaming8947]

Horns action and 5 out will fuk all your defensive adjustments look horrible

[@HoopsIQ]

Not necessarily. You can defend it much better than the Mavs did

[@firejaygaming8947]

@@HoopsIQ your right about that they had no type of communication on the court and that offense kidd was running against the west would not work against teams like Boston which we’ve both seen and Milwaukee they put so much emphasis on saying that the east is bad but my whole life the east has been the more defensive oriented conference the west is so good because it’s only 1 team playing defense

[@Rickjamesimrichbeach]

Where my celtics haters at.... Yall suck

[@scottmci]

The haters are all deleting their posts about how the C's need to trade Brown or Tatum cuz they'll never win together.

[@HoopsIQ]

I was hatin… but they earned my respect. Love the team style!

[@swolgel1]

Its so easy when playing against luka and irving, two of the worst defensive players EVER

[@HoopsIQ]

Really?! Is that what you got out of this video?

[@swolgel1]

Not at all. Its just that lack of defense sticks out so much that everyone can see it. Whereas the genius of Mazzula is hidden from the average layman. So of course we need you to enlighten us.​@@HoopsIQ

[@2ellas2]

​@@HoopsIQ great reply😂

[@migueljaquez9884]

I agree with you. Holliday is real the MVP

[@HoopsIQ]

Booom!