Despite an excellent Game 5 against the New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics are stuck with their back against the wall.
Currently down 3-2, Boston now heads to Madison Square Garden to finish the series, and head coach Joe Mazzulla knows that they will have to play their best basketball to come out on top.
When asked about how the Celtics will approach an elimination game on the road, Mazzulla had a simple answer:
"The only thing that you have to anticipate is that you're gonna get the Knicks' absolute best game," Mazzulla said. "You have to be able to dictate the environment, minimize those plays that we were talking about, and maximize the plays we need to make through our execution and our toughness.
"So they're obviously going to play better than they did last game and we need to find ways to do that."
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