Joe Mazzulla: Sam Hauser is a Weapon for Celtics | Celtics vs Hornets Postgame Interview

Joe Mazzulla: Sam Hauser is a Weapon for Celtics | Celtics vs Hornets Postgame Interview

Questions for Jo Sam uh obviously is a pretty good shooter but especially on the Move these seems to have taken strides over the course of the season so how have you seen him grow and just how is it tonight uh yeah I mean he’s just his confidence

But I think just uh layers of our offense is what unleashes him and the guys understanding that he’s a a weapon in different ways and so when we get to the second and third layer of our offense especially when teams are guarding us a certain way it really

Unleashes guys like Sam and um and so that just his confidence and then his teammates continuing uh to trust him and find him within the layers of our offense just said that possession lead in the fourth quarter where it’s like Sam Drew and someone else all Miss

Threes out the rebound yeah yeah how much you enjoyed those plays where it’s like you guys are missing the shot you’re supposed to take St out creating more no yeah I mean just the the concept of our transition defense um and our our crashing so it was a huge emphasis at

The beginning of the year and um the guys have taken pride in that and uh that puts us in position to win cuz we keep getting good shots so um that was a really fun possession I enjoyed it Joe you proove to 27 and0 when you make at

Least 18 threes how important not as three but to your offense what makes you so effective when you hit threes besides three points instead of two u i mean usually we take good ones um but and you know those type of shots that we get especally especially the corner ones I I

Think our Corner threes have increased a little bit but it’s um it’s a shot that you have to be able to take that teams are willing to give but it’s if you make a couple it um forces the defense to guard you differently um so you know and

Again our goal is to get it’s not necessarily to shoot through it’s just to get the best shots and so they were icing and they were pulled in from the weak side and we got corner pinin and we got wide open looks from the corner and

If those are the shots that they’re giv us those are the shots that we have to take so uh the most important thing is getting into the layers of the defense and taking the best shot that we can and that’s why it’s important to kind of get into your actions early were they

Because they were small were they expecting you to go in the paint or what kind of chess games that when they starting a 66 Center and you got a 73 Center uh I mean they were icing and then they were pulled in on the weak

Side with and there was two two on one so um getting into the paint they were forcing they were they wanted you to drive into the paint because that’s where everybody was and so I thought we did a good job of finding that balance um of whether taking the looks when

They’re there but then kicking it out for open shots how how tough did the grant make it tonight with uh on the offensive end the way he was able to get K the P get the lane and then on defense he was able to mix up a lot of coverage

Split uh yeah I mean it gave us an opportunity to kind of go through the layers of our offense but he’s always a matchup um puzzle because of his ability to shoot and his ability like we talked about before he can manipulate coverages and so when you start small but we’re

Starting big and he’s able to pop and shoot those um you know test your discipline so I thought when they went on that stretch there I think to start to half or to start to half uh you know his ability to to kind of just you know

Mess with the miss the matchups kind of put them in position uh to make it a closer game so you know it was definitely hard guardi you’ve been on the road 11 days how would you summarize the road trip and obviously have six of your last seven at home the last week

And a half how do you think you guys have played and do you come away a better team than when you left um I mean I can’t remember yeah I mean I think i’ would like to think we come away from a better team regardless of the result uh

It’s just finding ways to win and it’s understanding the things that we need to get better at so I think our defense has been consistent um you know our rebounding was a little inconsistent but our offensive execution I thought was really consistent so if you can just stay consistent in the things that

You’re um you know working towards every day that’s all you can ask for so uh I’d like to think we’re a better team just because of the way our guys approach uh the games and and film sessions and practices and we just got to keep at it

KP last question K let you guys an assess or Ty for lead and also got to the line eight times usually doesn’t get to the line a ton so how much would you like just seeing who’s that I got you yeah he like seemed like

It was the night where he knew what his match up like what kind of Advantage he could find and he kind of like got it usually FR just like post up a guy hit that turnaround shot but tonight he was do RIP throughs like he pass the short

Rolls how you like that oh yeah he was versatile so anytime teams are icing he did a good job mixing up his rolls and Pops which got um you know put us in some different types of two-on ones and then I think in the middle of the third

Quarter kind of went to his post-ups and he was able to catch the ball and make plays for us so I thought he was really decisive on the offensive end and uh kind of gave us different looks thank you Jo thanks

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Boston Celtics secured a 118-104 victory over the Charlotte Hornets, with notable performances by Jayson Tatum, who had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Sam Hauser, who poured in 25 points on seven 3-pointers, Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla addressed the media. Mazzulla praised Hauser’s contribution, stating, “I think just layers of our offense is what unleashes him. The guys understand that he’s a weapon in different ways, and so when we get to the second and third layer of our offense, especially when teams are guarding us a certain way, it really unleashes guys like Sam. And his teammates continuing to trust him and find him within the layers of our offense.”

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