What is it like in an NBA locker room at halftime? Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla explains
Now, you can get the answer to that cluster of inquiries from the man himself, after Mazzulla recently took some time to sit down with former New England Patriots star Julian Edelman on Edelman's "Games with Names" podcast. The full interview with Mazzulla is a truly wide-ranging one, and the segment in question was clipped for us to watch later by the editors of the pod.
Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say about how things go at halftime in an NBA locker room.
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