Shocking: Head coach Joe Mazzulla says goodbye as he comfirms this will be his last at Boston Celtics as he now going….

When Jayson Tatum stumbled to the ground in the closing moments of Boston’s Game 1 victory on Sunday, the Boston Celtics fan base held their collective breath.

With one minute remaining with the Boston Celtics leading easily 114-94 at TD Garden, Miami Heat forward Caleb Martin upended Tatum while trying for an offensive rebound. This might be a huge blow to Boston’s hopes of winning the NBA title.

The play, however, caused Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla to respond in a very different way. Once it was evident that Tatum had escaped a serious injury, he never appeared concerned and seemed to adore whatever he saw.

Despite taking a severe fall, Tatum got up swiftly and sprinted to the other end of the floor to shoot free throws while star running partner in the stars Jaylen Brown intervened on his behalf and confronted Martin. After exchanging a few words, the two parted ways.

“I was anticipating what (Tatum) would do,” Joe Mazzulla, the head coach of the Boston Celtics, said to the media. “The whole thing excited me a little bit. It was entertaining to watch.

Mazzulla also took pleasure in seeing Tatum while he was there when the Celtics star recorded his first-ever triple-double in the playoffs. Tatum played off the incident with Martin.

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Tatum ended with 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and a team-high 23 points despite going just 1 for 8 from 3-point range. His assists totaled half in the opening quarter, as the Celtics jumped out to an early 14-0 lead.

According to footage given by the league, Mazzulla told reporters, “His mindset and approach throughout the game was great.” He seemed to play very patiently, in my opinion. He seemed to have picked his areas quite nicely, in my opinion. He seems to have taken the defense’s arguments and determined the harmony of making both for other people and for himself. Fighting for that discipline on the offensive end, or truly on both ends of the floor, is therefore crucial to the outcome of the series.