My Experience in LA and being a Celtic fan

[Jay_Diggles]

I have been a member of this little family way back to 2003/04 If I remember right.  I would always come up with some of the most crazy trade proposals in the world.  The website has evolved and so has the celtics.....in this short 2 years. 

I'd love to share with everyone here....just to see everyone call me crazy! I have been a die hard fan since I was old enough to remember.  So my experience of game four was scary, exciting and a rollercoaster ride.  I was head to toe in Boston gear....attending this game 4.  I saw youtube clips of Boston fans getting swung at and much more before the game and people told me to not do....


well not listening I set my self up for intense heckeling...   But for the first 3 quarters I never experience more verbal abuse in my life.  I was in section 320...and at half time I needed a beer bad.  I will never forget walking out on to the smoking patio and seeing so many Laker fans in unison chanting "boston Sucks"....  And when the crowd finished and saw me it startted again.  Having hundreds of people chanting in your dish is very...very...well not fun at all!  I honestly think Cypress Hill was out there saving my life and another Boston fan with a Bird jersey. 

Scary....not to mention all the crap I had to take in my seats.....I happened to sit in front of a gasol fan.  I preceeded to call him soft all game, and of all the Lakers players he was the softest!!!  The reason I singeled this guy out was because he was in my dish all game.....

Let me just get to the point.....cuz you are all board.  Come crunch time...with My paul pierce jersey on....I became the loudest on in my section.  Utter amazment of the Lakers fans crying, yelling and just p---ed off.  And everytime I looked at them, they knew how much crap they gave me and I had no sympathy!!!  Oh how good it felt to walk back to my car in Celtics gear that night.  I watched my back just in case a coupe Laker Fans wantted to take it out on me...but the excitment will never be forgotten and the pain of the first half was traded for pain in the eyes of thousands of Laker Fans.....Never again should a Lakers fa root for us to make it out of the Eastern Conference finals!!!!!  LOL...Eat crow faker fans...

ps...the gasol fan took his jersey off on the way to the car too....and I called him soft to!

[CelticFanInLA]

hah great story. I'm surprised there was even a REAL laker fan at that game. I heard on the local LA news that some seats on the floor were going for around 22k and 7k for behind the bench on tickethub. this is a shameful sports city

I can relate as I am from MA and have lived in LA for two and a half years ... Lakers fans are some of the most stubborn, fairweather and blind fans. before the series, most wouldn't admit that the celtics even had a chance of winning a single game. most are delusional and stuck up

[celtic4life]

TP for you good story. Honestly your lucky after seeing that clip on youtube of the celtic fan gettin ganged up on.

Wish I couldve been there Unbelievable Instant Classic!!

[dark_lord]

I have been a member of this little family way back to 2003/04 If I remember right.  I would always come up with some of the most crazy trade proposals in the world.  The website has evolved and so has the celtics.....in this short 2 years. 

I'd love to share with everyone here....just to see everyone call me crazy! I have been a die hard fan since I was old enough to remember.  So my experience of game four was scary, exciting and a rollercoaster ride.  I was head to toe in Boston gear....attending this game 4.  I saw youtube clips of Boston fans getting swung at and much more before the game and people told me to not do....


well not listening I set my self up for intense heckeling...   But for the first 3 quarters I never experience more verbal abuse in my life.  I was in section 320...and at half time I needed a beer bad.  I will never forget walking out on to the smoking patio and seeing so many Laker fans in unison chanting "boston Sucks"....  And when the crowd finished and saw me it startted again.  Having hundreds of people chanting in your dish is very...very...well not fun at all!  I honestly think Cypress Hill was out there saving my life and another Boston fan with a Bird jersey. 

Scary....not to mention all the crap I had to take in my seats.....I happened to sit in front of a gasol fan.  I preceeded to call him soft all game, and of all the Lakers players he was the softest!!!  The reason I singeled this guy out was because he was in my dish all game.....

Let me just get to the point.....cuz you are all board.  Come crunch time...with My paul pierce jersey on....I became the loudest on in my section.  Utter amazment of the Lakers fans crying, yelling and just ****ed off.  And everytime I looked at them, they knew how much crap they gave me and I had no sympathy!!!  Oh how good it felt to walk back to my car in Celtics gear that night.  I watched my back just in case a coupe Laker Fans wantted to take it out on me...but the excitment will never be forgotten and the pain of the first half was traded for pain in the eyes of thousands of Laker Fans.....Never again should a Lakers fa root for us to make it out of the Eastern Conference finals!!!!!  LOL...Eat crow faker fans...

ps...the gasol fan took his jersey off on the way to the car too....and I called him soft to!

TP for you.  u made the celticsblog community proud!  way to represent.

[Jay_Diggles]

Yea...my tickets were only 420.  Me and my high school buddy....who was a huge Laker fan met me in LA. It was classic.  We played ball together in High School....we spent classic moments on the playground playing one-on-one.  He was Magic and I was Bird! I felt his pain.....but he got what he deserved.....Never did he think his team would be down 3-1 let alone give up a lead like that!!!  Kind of funny to...because he told me that Boston gave up in game 3....well did anyone else notice Kobe walk off the court with time on the clock???

I went to three games this year.  Opening night in Boston(Amazing), Boston in PHX(Depressing from start to finish) and Game four of the NBA Finals....  This game reminded me of the PHX game, but ended with the same feel of amazement of the first game of the year in the Garden!

This series is not over yet...but man "it feels good to be a gangster"  Big game 5 coming up!!!  Lets go Boston!! 

[RockinRyA]

game 3 would remind of the phx game.. 2 of big 3 struggling, early blow out, somehow climbing back on defense though nothing seems to be working on offense.

[ORceltic]

weird, i was in section 321 row 7, and wearing a bird jersey sitting next to my dad wearing a green celtics T. Were you with the guys wearing green "Beat LA" shirts?

I'll admit halftime was bad, i got all kinds of grief going to the bathroom and the snackbar, but other than that i was not impressed with the Laker fans, i almost felt too comfortable there.

[doubledowntrent]

You guys got balls for going to those games.  I get enough grief in LA walking the streets or going to a bar with the green on.  But I live in the Valley so I am pretty sure if anyone started with me I could take them.