Mazzulla believes Kings are a ‘revived’ team amid six-game winning streak originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
What is it called when a team reacts to a five-game skid, a coaching change and continues to win six in a rowincluding a big victory against the reigning NBA champions?
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla summed it up perfectly.
“Sacramento is a resurrected team,” Mazzulla told reporters after the match. Kings win 114-97 against the Celtics Friday evening at TD Garden. “They’ve won six in a row now. They’re a good team, they just outplayed us. I don’t have an answer for that, but tonight they just played better than us.”
Joe Mazzulla credited the Sacramento Kings for their play tonight:
“Sacramento is a resurrected team. They have now won six in a row. They’re a good team – they just outplayed us…tonight they just played better than us. pic.twitter.com/YwobN2ZeBE
– Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) January 11, 2025
The Kings had three days off to recover from their double overtime victory against the Miami Heat Monday night at Golden 1 Center before packing their bags for a short three-game road trip.
Regardless of everything else, the first leg of the road trip was not easy.
Reigning champions. A hostile environment like TD Garden. Not to mention Boston was also well rested with two days off.
This is why Celtics star Jayson Tatum will not point the finger at anything or anyone other than himself for the loss.
“I don’t want to blame the reason we lost today because it was a trap game,” Tatum told reporters after the game (h/t CelticsCLNS). “Everyone plays 82 games. Everyone travels. Everyone plays back-to-back. So I don’t want to use that as an excuse.
“(The) bottom line is that we need to be better in all areas of the game.”
Boston (27-11) remains in second place in the Eastern Conference, only behind the historically dominant Cleveland Cavaliers. Meanwhile, Sacramento (19-19) holds the No. 9 seed in the stacked Western Conference.
Two weeks after the Kings fire former coach Mike BrownSacramento interim head coach Doug Christie and his “relaunched” team have managed to turn things around as they aim to continue climbing the Western Conference standings.
