First, he was a head coach in the NBA. Then he became an NBA Champion.
Now Joe Mazzulla was part of a clue on Jeopardy! as the Celtics coach and his favorite movie was part of Tuesday’s episode.
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The clue on America’s Favorite Quiz Show featured the Boston coach, a director from Cambridge and a movie about Charlestown in the category “Heist Films”:
“BOSTON CELTICS COACH JOE MAZZULLA HAS ADMITTED TO WATCHING THIS HEIST FILM DIRECTED BY BEN AFFLECK SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK”
Massachusetts native Jonathan Fox, a staffing capacity manager from Plymouth, got the question, which was worth $2000 correct.
Mazzulla wouldn’t have seen the addition to his fame resumé live. Jeopardy airs in Boston during the first half of the Celtics’ NBA Cup game against the Atlanta Hawks.
