Overview
- Reporters expecting their annual media-only run were told by Joe Mazzulla, “You’re playing against the coaches,” before a 12-minute game at the Auerbach Center.
- Boston’s staff featured ex-pros Phil Pressey and Da’Sean Butler plus former college standouts God Shammgod Jr., Amile Jefferson, Tony Dobbins, DJ MacLeay and Mazzulla.
- The coaches applied full-court pressure throughout, forced frequent turnovers and capped the game with a deep buzzer-beater that sealed the 57-4 final.
- Clips drew millions of views on social platforms as Celtics players, including Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, watched from above and joined in the postgame ribbing.
- Mazzulla stayed to watch a subsequent media-vs-media game that ended 25-22 and later explained he hopes to repeat the event to humanize coach–media interactions.