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Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, moves from the Etihad to TD Garden to watch Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Mavericks and the Celtics
On Thursday night, Pep Guardiola sat in the stands to watch the NBA Finals rather than the sidelines.
It wоuld аppeаr thаt the Mаnchester City mаnаger is tаking it eаsy аfter leаding his teаm tо а recоrd-breаking fоurth cоnsecutive Premier Leаgue title.
As the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks squared up in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the Spaniard made an appearance at TD Garden. As Guardiola sat courtside in a Celtics hoodie, his team allegiance was plainly visible.
This is not the first time the Spaniard has discussed drawing inspiration from the sports of tennis and basketball to better his own teams.
“Outstanding athletes, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer,” Guardiola gushed.
The NBA’s most powerful families. The Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, face significant challenges in the National Basketball Association. Please don’t take my meaning that I’m making a comparison to that. Many teams in the NBA have won two or three games in a row.
On Wednesday at the TD Garden, Guardiola and Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla were seen exchanging jerseys and speaking.
Mazzulla, at the age of 35, will face the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals, making him the youngest head coach to do so since Bill Russell.
Guardiola was engrossed in a talk with the American on the court at TD Garden with the basketball coach just before the match.With a coaching resume that includes six Premier League titles and three Champions Leagues, the ex-Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager looked animated as he seemed to wave his hands at the coach.
During the 2023–24 season, we seen the Spaniard engage in similar behavior with his players, most notably giving Jack Grealish a passionate coaching speech after City’s scoreless draw with Arsenal.
Guardiola has flown to the United States to meet up with Mazzulla, the basketball coach he brought to the Etihad Campus in February; this comes as a number of his players are preparing to go to Germany for the European Championship this summer.
It seems like Guardiola was passing along some knowledge to Mazzulla, the basketball coach, on that particular day as they were conversing on City’s training field.The fооtbаll fаn Mаzzullа went оn tо sаy tо The аthletic а week lаter thаt Guаrdiоlа wаs “the greаtest cоаch аt аny level in spоrt.”
When asked about his desire to implement Guardiola’s teachings on his side, he told the source, “That is what the game of basketball is about, to me, and what counterattacking in soccer is about.” He was referring to Guardiola’s work with Man City.
Because of this, I devote a great deal of time to researching Manchester City. I devote a great deal of time to studies of Pep. No matter the level of competition, I believe he is the top coach. I can’t overstate the impact it has made on me.
Additionally, this week, they were seen trading jerseys; Guardiola was seen clutching a green Celtics jersey.