Overview

• Joe Mazzulla informed reporters minutes before tip that they would face the Celtics coaching staff instead of playing their annual media pickup game.
• The 12-minute, full-court game featured relentless pressure and long runs reported as 42-2 to start and 15-0 to finish.
• Coaches included former pros and high‑level college players such as Phil Pressey, Da’Sean Butler, Amile Jefferson, Tony Dobbins, DJ MacLeay and God Shammgod Jr.
• The media’s four points came on layups by Bobby Krivitsky and Khari Thompson, while Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown watched from above and joked afterward.
• Mazzulla later explained on 98.5 The Sports Hub and before the next preseason game that the event was a camaraderie exercise tied to the Jr. Celtics Academy, and the traditional media-vs.-media game followed 25-22.