Joe Mazzulla stuck around TD Garden after his Celtics secured the franchise’s record 18th NBA championship on Monday with a 106-88 Game 5 victory over the Mavericks.
The second-year Celtics coach and his wife, Camai Mazzulla, held hands while strolling through the empty arena, where green and white confetti covered the court, around 3:20 a.m., according to the Boston Herald.
Mazzulla pointed to various spots around the arena as they soaked it all in, as seen in a video on social media Tuesday.
Taking to her Instagram Story, Camai reposted a photo of her husband with the Larry O’Brien championship trophy.
“If you’re a bird, I’m a bird…,” she wrote, quoting a line from the 2004 movie “The Notebook.”
The couple also sported Finals championship hats while posing for photos with friends and family on the court.
Mazzulla and his wife have been married since 2014.
The couple met in 2011 when both were coaching at Glenville State College, now known as Glenville State University, according to People.
Mazzulla, a West Virginia alum, was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the time.
Camai took on the job as head volleyball coach after playing the sport in college. She was also a track and field athlete.
Mazzulla coached the 2024 playoffs with a torn meniscus, which he initially suffered in March after a loss to the Hawks.
“I’m going to be out a little while so I’ve been working through it since March,” Mazzulla said during an appearance on “SportsCenter” when asked how he’ll celebrate the Finals win.
Before the injury, Mazzulla leaned on MMA training and practiced Brazilian jiu-jitsu to help him mentally prepare as a coach.
With Monday’s Finals win, Mazzulla became the youngest head coach to win an NBA title since 1970 at the age of 35.
