RAcker, I dont know if your story is legitimate or not, but just in case watching the games is too stressing for you when the celtics lose, Ill give you my formula which has saved me a lot of stress over the last 28 yrs. of watching the Celtics: I started taping the 7th games in the playoffs and watched them later if we had won the game. I enjoyed the games with no stress whatsoever. I really didnt need the tenseness of close games; then I started taping the playoffs; then the regular seasons. Im still alive and well, so that formula has worked for me. If I find out we lost the game; fine. Not happy but at least I didnt go thru what you are going thru (if true) and thru what I had been going thru before - not as bad as you but bad enough. Then I spilled that formula to NFL, MLB and even not watching Tiger's wining put live. (true, believe me). Sometimes I see that we are so far ahead that we will probably not lose, and only then I will continue watcghing game live; If it gets close, I swicth to the taping mode and watcgh something else till game is over.
It has worked for me; theres a price to pay but Im alive with 4 by-pass heart ops. The Celtics, no matter how much I love them, are not going to kill me. Life is a a series of compromises, I have made some good ones and some not so good. This one has worked good so far. Good luck, amigo, and stay alive. It will not work for everyone so no need for anyone to hammer me with criticism