Mazzulla's late-game decisions costly as 76ers force Game 6 with Celtics

In the high-stakes theater of playoff basketball, the Boston Celtics found themselves unable to close the curtain on a series they had every reason to end. Game 5 slipped away not merely through the brilliance of Joel Embiid and the 76ers, but through the quieter failures of tactical decision-making on the Boston sideline. What was meant to be a conclusion became instead a continuation — a reminder that in sport, as in life, opportunity and execution must arrive together or not at all.