Coming into the 2024-25 NBA season, the Boston Celtics were expected to dominate. Joe Mazzulla’s team had just won a championship and had made light work of the entire league during the previous regular season. Things didn’t play out that way, though.

The Celtics struggled to get healthy, with multiple players in and out of the rotation throughout the year, including Kristaps Porzingis, Sam Hauser and Jrue Holiday; three key pieces to the team’s championship run.

Furthermore, teams appeared to have the Celtics’ number. Sure, they still won 61 games, but there were fewer easy wins, with multiple teams figuring out how to keep pace with Boston, rather than letting them run up the score and sit the starters early in the fourth quarter. Those tough games bled into the postseason, too. The Celtics found themselves fighting through highly physical battles with the Orlando Magic and the New York Knicks, respectively.

In a recent appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub, The Athletic’s Jared Weiss discussed Boston’s season and how the rest of the league has begun to catch up with Mazzulla’s brand of basketball. Weiss also discussed Mazzulla’s position as head coach and what the team needs to do during the summer as they prepare for a year without Jayson Tatum.

You can watch the full episode by clicking on the embedded video above.

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