Celtics Coach Lightens The Mood With Dirty Jokes, Declines To Say Which Ones

Dirty jokes are for more than just making your buddies laugh over some brewskis. As Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazulla revealed, jokes on the blue end of the comedy spectrum can be employed as a tool.

Mazzulla's Eastern Conference-leading Celtics found themselves in a predicament: losing to the Washington Wizards, a team that — if it wasn't for the Detroit Pistons — would be the laughingstock of the entire league.

So, what was Mazzulla to do?

Grab a whiteboard and start drawing up plays?

Start screaming and insulting players' mothers?

Nope (definitely not that second option), he appears to have reached deep into the recesses of his mind and dredged up anything he could remember that would have been at home in the pages of Truly Tasteless Jokes.

Mazzulla decided to tell some jokes to calm things down a little bit. Comic relief in the truest sense of the term.

Fortunately for the Celtics, the team managed to win in come-from-behind fashion, 133-129. This included a 36-16 third quarter.

Unfortunately for us — the joke-loving public — Mazzulla declined to reveal what jokes he told.

That's a real shame. I know that it's probably smart of him to not say, but we all want to know.

Maybe someone sitting courtside will give us some insight. Like maybe they heard Mazzulla break a huddle by shouting "…The Aristocrats!" like the late, great Gilbert Gottfried at the Roast of Hugh Hefner.

Now, this had to have been a real brain-breaker for Celtics players. Imagine sitting down thinking they're going to get chewed out, only to have your coach lean in and deliver his best Marty Funkhouser impression.

Celtics star Jaylen Brown didn't find it particularly funny at the moment.

Jeez, lighten up, Jaylen.

No one likes losing, but just sit there and listen to a couple of "A man walks into a bar…" jokes would ya?