![]() “What we can control is playing the way we played the last 11 games, we’re 8-3, number one in both offense and defense and so we’re doing a lot of good things. Instead, he’s focused on maintaining the level of play the Celtics have showcased over the last month, a stretch in which they’re 8-3 and building good habits on both ends at the right time. Mazzulla isn’t worried about those scenarios. The Celtics need to make up two games over this final stretch to jump over the Bucks, because they own the tiebreaker between them that they earned with last Thursday’s 41-point win in Milwaukee. The Bucks, meanwhile, finish their regular season against the Wizards, Bulls, Grizzlies and Wizards. Each of those teams are potential playoff opponents. 3 seed 76ers before finishing the regular season at home with a two-game series against the Raptors before Sunday’s season finale with the Hawks. They trail by two games, with a road tilt set for Tuesday against the No. ![]() 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Celtics still have a shot – even if it’s highly unlikely – to catch the Bucks for the top seed. “There’s nothing we can do about it,” Mazzulla said. But Mazzulla isn’t wasting his energy on those things. ![]() With four games left this week, they still have a shot at the No. Next week, the Celtics will learn their playoff opponent, likely from one of the play-in games. ![]()
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