Official release Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla reacts after being called for a technical foul. NEW YORK – Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has been fined $35,000 for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official ...

How did Joe Mazzulla become the head coach of the Boston Celtics, given how much of a maniac he is the sidelines? If anything, if we are being honest, it is that maniacal aspect that has turned the West Virginia alum into one of the best assets on the bench in the NBA today.

The Boston Celtics have had to deal with a lot of different narratives from the media regarding Jayson Tatum over the last couple of years, with a lot of them being negative. This is despite the fact that Tatum was a first-team All-NBA performer a year ago when the Celtics won their 18th NBA championship.

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was fined $35,000 by the league for "aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official," after Boston's 117-108 loss to the Chicago Bulls Thursday night.

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla shrugged off a tense interaction with a ref after their loss to Chicago on Thursday, claiming he was simply wishing the official a "Merry Christmas."

Joe Mazzulla was fined $35,000 for “aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” after Thursday’s Celtics loss.

Joe Mazzulla’s Christmas greetings were costly. The NBA fined the Boston Celtics coach $35,000 on Saturday “for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” at the end of his team’s loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

The NBA announced on Saturday that Mazzulla was fined $35,000 for "aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official" after the Celtics lost 108-117 to the Chicago Bulls. Once the buzzer sounded, Mazzulla went straight to the ref and could be seen yelling and pointing in anger.

Joe Mazzulla received a technical foul for stepping onto the court and questioning a game official during a jump-ball decision as the Boston Celtics faced the Chicago Bulls. Both Payton Pritchard and Jaylen Brown had gone for the ball on the floor,

It would be easy enough for backup Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard to get caught up in all of the fuss about the the University of Oregon alum being one of the NBA's top Sixth Man of the Year candidates so far this season given he was fighting so hard for minutes not all that long ago that he pushed to be traded to another ball club.