Two events happened in the sports world Saturday night that both seemed right up Joe Mazzulla’s alley.
At the NBA’s All-Star Weekend in San Francisco, the San Antonio Spurs duo of Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama were disqualified from the Skills Challenge after trying to exploit a rules loophole by intentionally missing their shots to save time.
Meanwhile, at the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament in Montreal, Team USA and Team Canada got into three fights in the first nine minutes of a thrilling matchup that had the physicality and intensity of a Stanley Cup Playoff game.
Mazzulla admitted he didn’t watch either event live, but you’d best believe the Boston Celtics head coach — who fully endorses rule manipulation and has advocated for allowing fighting in NBA games — has opinions about both subjects.
“I think it was UFC Fight Night Saturday night, so I was locked into that,” Mazzulla told 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand on Wednesday during his weekly interview. “But I read about …