The Boston Celtics did not miss a beat in their season-opening win, and head coach Joe Mazzulla is already in mid-season form when it comes to his oddball answers to the media.

As the cheers rained down onto the parquet floor at TD Garden on Tuesday night, Joe Mazzulla dropped to the hardwood.  While the booming speakers at the Celtics’ home arena beckoned Boston’s head coach to center court to receive his 2024 championship ring,

Joe Mazzulla kissed the TD Garden parquet during the Celtics’ ring ceremony. He wished it tasted like “blood.”