“Illegal screen”? NBA Confirms Joe Mazzula’s Cool Rage
It was one of the press conferences of the season. After the Celtics lost to the Pacers, Joe Mazzulla thus repeated two words, “illegal screen”, to answer to all questions which were requested from him.
In question: the screen is more than limited Pascal Sakak on Derrick Whiteon the last action of the match.
As always, in the case of a close game, the Major League published the report for the last two minutes, and we waited for her assessment of the Cameroonian on the screen. The verdict? It was indeed an “illegal screen”.
“Pascal Siakam is slow to get into position to screen Derrick White and doesn’t give him the time or distance necessary to change direction and avoid contact”, summarizes the Report on the last two minutes.
Because of this, a foul should have been called on the Indiana player and the ball should have returned to Boston, while the two teams were tied (96-96) with a few seconds left in the match.
However, the retrospective NBA ruling will not change anything in the outcome of the match, while the Celtics increasingly complain about the referees, as a Jailen Brown which seems to have annoyed the subject more and more.
2026-01-14 09:16:00
