Before Tuesday’s game against Indiana, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla offered a peek into his thought process when voting players into this year’s All-Star Game.

“I think it’s important to hold people to a standard that we hold our guys to, for me personally. So winning is important. Looking at defensive metrics just as much as the offensive metrics, I think that’s really important, because I think that our guys that are up for All-Star don’t get the praise they should for their defensive metrics,” Mazzulla said.

He continued: “Guys have been top-five in defense for like 10 years or however long they’ve been in the NBA. And it’s not talked about in success as much. So I definitely look at both offensive and defensive metrics, and I think winning is important. And I think some of those stats that we have that just aren’t box-score stats, like affecting their teammates, all that stuff.”

Mazzulla confirmed he submits a ballot himself, as opposed to passing it off to a staffer like other NBA coaches have.

Jayson Tatum was one of five Eastern Conference starters named last week. Jaylen Brown is expected to receive strong consideration for a spot among the reserves, and Kristaps Porzingis could give the Celtics a third all-star after it was announced Knicks forward Julius Randle would miss a few weeks with a dislocated shoulder. Mazzulla has previously stumped for Derrick White. First-year Celtics guard Jrue Holiday earned his second All-Star nod last season.