{"id":478665,"date":"2026-01-13T08:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=478665"},"modified":"2026-01-13T08:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:48:47","slug":"celtics-mazzulla-after-pacers-loss-illegal-screen-to-every-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/celtics-mazzulla-after-pacers-loss-illegal-screen-to-every-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics\u2019 Mazzulla after Pacers loss: \u201cIllegal screen\u201d to every question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1559\">After a 98-96 loss in Indianapolis, <strong data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1370\">Joe Mazzulla<\/strong> answers six postgame questions with the same two words: \u201c<strong data-start=\"1428\" data-end=\"1446\">illegal screen<\/strong>.\u201d<br data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1451\" \/>The dispute centers on the final play involving <strong data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1516\">Pascal Siakam<\/strong> and the game-winner with 6.1 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1827\">Following the <strong data-start=\"1575\" data-end=\"1594\">Boston Celtics\u2019<\/strong> 98-96 loss to the <strong data-start=\"1613\" data-end=\"1631\">Indiana Pacers<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1649\">Joe Mazzulla<\/strong> kept his postgame message to one repeated phrase.<br data-start=\"1699\" data-end=\"1702\" \/>Asked six different questions about the closing possessions and what went wrong, he answered each time: \u201c<strong data-start=\"1807\" data-end=\"1825\">Illegal screen<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Mazzulla answered every single question with \u201cillegal screen\u201d \ud83d\ude2d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qx6Sioyre6\">pic.twitter.com\/Qx6Sioyre6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fullcourtpass\/status\/2010926759903183044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"2126\">The report points to the final sequence: <strong data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"1887\">Pascal Siakam<\/strong> set a screen near the top of the arc that knocked <strong data-start=\"1938\" data-end=\"1955\">Derrick White<\/strong> off balance.<br data-start=\"1968\" data-end=\"1971\" \/>Siakam then got the ball back from <strong data-start=\"2006\" data-end=\"2025\">Andrew Nembhard<\/strong>, pump-faked, stepped inside the foul line and hit the high-arching leaner with <strong data-start=\"2105\" data-end=\"2120\">6.1 seconds<\/strong> left.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2360\">ESPN frames Mazzulla\u2019s response as an officiating complaint, noting recent friction around calls.<br data-start=\"2225\" data-end=\"2228\" \/>It also references that earlier Monday <strong data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2283\">Jaylen Brown<\/strong> was fined <strong data-start=\"2294\" data-end=\"2305\">$35,000<\/strong> for criticizing officiating after a loss to the Spurs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Mazzulla had the same answer to every postgame question tonight: &#8220;Illegal screen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what unfolded right before Pascal Siakam made his game-winner: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nhf9WBS1wA\">pic.twitter.com\/Nhf9WBS1wA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorcsnow\/status\/2010913342261547427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1219\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a 98-96 loss in Indianapolis, Joe Mazzulla answers six postgame questions with the same two words: \u201cillegal screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":478664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[19],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-478665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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