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Laker Fans Attack Celtic Fan
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:29 pm
by BringinDaRuckus
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:56 pm
by pidi
sad but true..
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:43 pm
by rsavaj
Wow.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:26 pm
by jlove_26
That's frickin ridiculous. Being the Finals and knowing, especially California sports fans, security should've been watching out for Celtic fans in the stadium. It's the same with Oakland Raiders fans as well. You go to a sporting event, where the majority are California Sports fans, wearing the other teams colors or jerseys, there's bound to be trouble. That's why I'm glad to be out of California. Had to be there cause of my job for 4 1/2 years.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:16 pm
by MSuns.13
SMH.
Tensions are rising.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:28 pm
by eastsidecrossover
What do you expect out of loser faker fans? There a bunch of pussies.
they will riot after they lose the finials. You watch. Thats the kind of sore losers these fans are. Well, most are, not all.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:10 pm
by Suns_fan_2007
There are many thugs in the NBA, some of whom happen to be fans, refs, and the commissioner.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:19 pm
by WTFsunsFTW
Showed this to a few lakers fans, and the overwhelming response is "sucks but they asked for it"
Shameful beyond comprehension.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:57 am
by Mr. Sun
Thugs, all of them. See how Sasha reacted tonight on the bench from a shoulder rub?
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:36 am
by BringinDaRuckus
WTFsunsFTW wrote:Showed this to a few lakers fans, and the overwhelming response is "sucks but they asked for it"
Shameful beyond comprehension.
That's why I only posted it here and the Boston board. I already knew the Laker fans were less than competent to handle this.
I also found out from Boston board that this fight actually occured at Game 2. I guess they show Laker away games at the Forum and sell tickets at like $15 a pop to watch it on the jumbo tron (Sarver, are you paying attention... a new source of income!).
Laker fans state that the guy was wearing a Celtic jersey and was jeering the fans as the Celtics won.
Classy fans would have ignored this person or called security to remove him if he was truely disruptive.
STAY CLASSY L.A.! HA HA HA HA
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:02 am
by The Nash Era
Guess they must have been cranky watching their boys getting bent over again (Game 2)
Nice choke job in gm 4 rofl
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:25 am
by theoilslick
The really funny part of the vid was all the food and drink throwing at the throng of people by the fans. You know, the indiscriminate splashes of beer and haphazard nacho mortars from fans five rows up, hitting their own ilk more than the Celtic fan.
I wouldn't say this is anything special. Everyone hears about fans being gang banged for saying something stupid in a foreign environment. The fans shouldn't react in that manner, but unless you make arena booze verbotin little will change.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:15 am
by WTFsunsFTW
From ESPN Page 2
LOS ANGELES -- I've just been doused with beer and then, for good measure, popcorn, and I think this is what hate feels like.
Like most Lakers fans at Staples Center to watch Game 2 from Boston on the JumboTron, I was minding my own business, watching my team fall behind in the final period, when all hell broke loose. Maybe two dozen people, most of them staggering drunk, a few of them in high heels, are trampling each other in the lower bowl behind one of the goalposts. People are sprinting up and down stairs slick with drink or vomit, leaping entire rows in a single bound to either escape or throw haymakers at several Celtics fans who thought it'd be funny to wear matching Paul Pierce jerseys to a Lakers party.
I know one of the goons in green who is getting his face smashed in. I interviewed him earlier, and as his buddy pointed out, "He's not even a Celtics fan. He's just wearing the jersey to act a fool."
"I've never seen anything like this," says one usher before offering an explanation. "I'm guessing the fans are angry because the Lakers are getting blown out."
No doubt, this toxic mix of booze and faltering hoop dreams aren't helping matters. But I'm guessing that this fan-on-fan ugliness has its roots in a different time, before the only thing we hated in L.A. were terrorists, the 101 and 110 freeways and Britney Spears -- for refusing to stop ramming into us on the 101 and 110 freeways.
I'm thinking this as a trampled man grabs my leg. I help him to his feet, partially because I just stepped on his back and partially because he's wearing a KB24 jersey.
And that's when I wonder, would I help a Celtics fan to his feet?
I'd like to think I would, but my hesitation is proof that there's hope, yet, that this once-heated rivalry is back. I hope so. I want to believe the Celtics tampered with the Garden's baskets, causing Kobe's jumpers to rattle out. I want to discover new reasons to hate the goons in green. That's why I canvassed L.A. -- to identify the Celtics haters and have them explain their feelings. It's time for a history lesson brought to life. Also, it's time to duck and run. (Someone just pelted me with a roll of toilet paper.)