Joe Mazzulla

Like, if you study... Everybody focuses on the team after they win, but if you study the rounds leading up to, you know, a successful team, there's no curriculum of, like, you have to go five this one, you have to go six this one, you can't go seven here, you can't lose game one, you can't lose game two. And there's just... There's no rhyme or reason to how teams go about winning.

And so, like, we just... You just can't have any expectations. Whatever it takes, however long it takes. If it takes three overtime games six straight times, then that's what it takes. And I think being open-minded to knowing that it'll be one of the hardest things that we ever go through together will make the journey more fun.

And so, like, we just... You just can't have any expectations. Whatever it takes, however long it takes. If it takes three overtime games six straight times, then that's what it takes. And I think being open-minded to knowing that it'll be one of the hardest things that we ever go through together will make the journey more fun.

And so, like, we just... You just can't have any expectations. Whatever it takes, however long it takes. If it takes three overtime games six straight times, then that's what it takes. And I think being open-minded to knowing that it'll be one of the hardest things that we ever go through together will make the journey more fun.

Yeah. We were pretty good. We were 6-0. We used that road trip, that six-game road trip as like a playoff series. Okay. I like that.

Yeah. We were pretty good. We were 6-0. We used that road trip, that six-game road trip as like a playoff series. Okay. I like that.

Yeah. We were pretty good. We were 6-0. We used that road trip, that six-game road trip as like a playoff series. Okay. I like that.

That's huge. Kind of got our minds off of like being on the road for 13 days. And like every team we were playing, you know, they were better than us at one thing. And we would like really fought to like take that one thing away. And that was a good trip for us. And, you know, I thought that gave us, I thought that brought us closer together as a team.

That's huge. Kind of got our minds off of like being on the road for 13 days. And like every team we were playing, you know, they were better than us at one thing. And we would like really fought to like take that one thing away. And that was a good trip for us. And, you know, I thought that gave us, I thought that brought us closer together as a team.

That's huge. Kind of got our minds off of like being on the road for 13 days. And like every team we were playing, you know, they were better than us at one thing. And we would like really fought to like take that one thing away. And that was a good trip for us. And, you know, I thought that gave us, I thought that brought us closer together as a team.

Yeah, I mean, I'll watch it. And then as soon as it's over, that's when we'll like, you know, tomorrow's a big day. You know, one of the biggest days in our history with practice, which, you know, I think is the best. You know, tomorrow night. I'm being serious.

Yeah, I mean, I'll watch it. And then as soon as it's over, that's when we'll like, you know, tomorrow's a big day. You know, one of the biggest days in our history with practice, which, you know, I think is the best. You know, tomorrow night. I'm being serious.

Yeah, I mean, I'll watch it. And then as soon as it's over, that's when we'll like, you know, tomorrow's a big day. You know, one of the biggest days in our history with practice, which, you know, I think is the best. You know, tomorrow night. I'm being serious.

The guy's been in front of me all the time because, like, it'll be like a game today and we'll have, like, a practice scheduled on the calendar. I'm like, fellas, like, today's good, but, like, Tuesday's the big day.

The guy's been in front of me all the time because, like, it'll be like a game today and we'll have, like, a practice scheduled on the calendar. I'm like, fellas, like, today's good, but, like, Tuesday's the big day.

The guy's been in front of me all the time because, like, it'll be like a game today and we'll have, like, a practice scheduled on the calendar. I'm like, fellas, like, today's good, but, like, Tuesday's the big day.

Probably like a couple times, yeah. Yeah, you got it every now and then. I knew we were going to have a tough stretch this season because Sam Cassell is our top assistant, and I rely on him because he's been around the league so much. And to this day, I still wear him out. But we were in Abu Dhabi. And we had gone like two, three days in a row and the travel was bad.

Probably like a couple times, yeah. Yeah, you got it every now and then. I knew we were going to have a tough stretch this season because Sam Cassell is our top assistant, and I rely on him because he's been around the league so much. And to this day, I still wear him out. But we were in Abu Dhabi. And we had gone like two, three days in a row and the travel was bad.

Probably like a couple times, yeah. Yeah, you got it every now and then. I knew we were going to have a tough stretch this season because Sam Cassell is our top assistant, and I rely on him because he's been around the league so much. And to this day, I still wear him out. But we were in Abu Dhabi. And we had gone like two, three days in a row and the travel was bad.

And I was like, hey, Sam, like, you know, what should we do? Like, I think we should have practice today. And he's like, give him a day off, you know, be nice to him. And I was like, you know, you're going to fucking, you know, you're going to set it like this is going to come back to kill us. No, we're in the middle of January, and we're not playing well.