Jones & Keefe: Joe Mazzulla and Jaylen Brown deserve their due credit

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00:00They went to Hugo, and he did change the game defensively on Towns,

00:04who was just feasting on Keita and Jalen Brown.

00:08So I think last night was a good look,

00:11and I think the last couple of weeks reflect well on Missoula as well.

00:15I think that is coaching.

00:17That's not paint-by-numbers, huck-up threes.

00:19He went through a few different things last night,

00:21and ultimately he found something by going to Gonzalez.

00:24That's good coaching.

00:24Even go back to Xavier Tillman against the Cavs.

00:27He was out of the rotation, wasn't playing at all.

00:29Well, that night, who was hurt for that game?

00:30Keita and White.

00:31They went in and started Tillman, and no one expected that, right?

00:36People thought maybe they'd go with the small ball,

00:38start Josh Minot in there with Jordan Walsh,

00:40maybe start Garza, which we've seen them do,

00:43and they went with Xavier Tillman, and it worked.

00:45So I give Joe Mazula a lot of credit because this team, like I said earlier,

00:48is really living up to the standard that he holds them to,

00:52and then he's clicking all the right buttons for this team.

00:54I know they're 12-9, and it's like you're not going to throw a parade over a team

00:58that's three games over 500, 21 games into the season,

01:01or 22 games into the season, rather.

01:03But this is a lot better than a lot of people would have expected,

01:06especially given the schedule at the beginning of the year.

01:08I mean, and they're beating quality teams.

01:11They have seven wins against teams 500 or better.

01:13That's the second most in the NBA behind the Detroit Pistons, who have eight.

01:16They're tied with the Magic, the reigning champion,

01:18Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Denver Nuggets.

01:20That's a good ball club, and they have been better than people expected,

01:24and they deserve a lot of credit for that, and Joe's at the top of that.

01:26Well, I hate to do it, but you also deserve some credit.

01:29Because two weeks ago, talking about Jalen Brown playing like an All-NBA player,

01:32and I was like, I don't know, because you kind of need the wins to sort of –

01:36and he was scoring points, but they were losing,

01:38and they were losing to some bad teams.

01:40I mean, this stretch that he's on now is as good as we've ever seen, right,

01:44from Jalen Brown.

01:45Now, I know it's very different.

01:46He's played almost his entire career with Tatum or even other guys that can score.

01:51You look out there now, like, yeah, he's going to need to score 30 or 40

01:54on certain nights, but he has.

01:55He's been pretty consistent, and he's a guy that's not afraid to go to the basket.

01:59He's a guy that's not afraid to shoot twos, right?

02:01He's not afraid to do that, but he's been great over the last couple of weeks.

02:05Just night in and night out, he's given them a chance to win.

02:07He's averaging 29, 6, and 4.

02:09The only other players averaging that stat line are Giannis, Luka Doncic,

02:12and Nikola Jokic.

02:13Sounds like an All-NBA player to me.

02:14Yeah, I was going to say, that's pretty solid.

02:16That's pretty good.

02:16Two MVP, three MVP candidates.

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