I still bleed green

It's been two days since the very questionable match up between the Lakers and the Celtics, and NE fans are still heated. Yesterday at work, as I got settled in to my cubicle, I heard a man talking to another man about how the game had been "fixed." Ten minutes later, I hear a group of women saying the game had been "fixed." As I IMed a friend and we talked about the game, he stated how angry he was that "the rapist's team won" and that "next year, all the Celtics needed to do was rape someone and we would win," no joke! I of course told him rape is not okay and is never the answer for another, and we moved on from the conversation. As 12 noon rolled around, I went up to the caf. to enjoy my lunch with some of the interns and just as I sat down, one of the interns turned to me and said "so that game was fixed, huh?!" I did tell her that the game was a little questionable and that I was shocked to see the Celtics give up so early in the game. This friend of mine then went on to point out how Ron Artest twisted Paul Pierce's arm back and was getting in his face, yet Paul Pierce got called for a technical. As she said this, a chorus of interns responded all at once and grumbled on about how "shady" that call was and how there was some dirtyness going on during the game.

While all of this was going on, I sat there in deep thought and found myself rather conflicted. I must say, the Celtics did blow that 13 point lead rather quickly and the refs did start calling fouls left and right a lot more during the second half but at the same time, I felt as though the Celtics gave up. I know, I know, as a true blue Celtics fan, how can I say something like that? I can because just like any other true fan of theirs, I believed in them and saw so much potential and had so much hope and all they did was rip my heart out and repeatedly stomp on it. I just can't believe in my heart of hearts that they lost the way they did...

It is Saturday, June 19th, and as I browse on twitter and at my homepage on Facebook, it is evident that NE fans are still very upset that the championship did not turn out in favor of the Celtics. To all true Celtic fans out there, all I can tell you is to keep the dream alive, stay true to your team, and maybe next year, we'll have this one in the bag. With that being said, I want everyone to know that I still bleed green, and that iRep #teamceltics; always have and always will.