BTW games like this make me wish I could go back in time to my teenage years when I first became a Celtics fan when I was 12 in 1992 (thanks to Larry Bird) and say things will get better to my teenage self for the rest of that decade when the Bulls kept winning Chips and we were stuck with the miserable ML Carr and esp *yuk* Rick Pitino years of hell.
Growing up in that time in Melbourne (Australia) I was literally the only Celtics fan I knew, everyone else rooted for either the Bulls, Hornets, Rockets or Magic, worse in the 00s, it was Lakers mania UGH
I still bitterly remember those bleak formative seasons as a Celtics tragic, and why I will never take our take our current team and success for granted.
Going through the bad/bleak times only makes the good/halcyon times all the more sweeter
These days you even see Kangaroos wearing Celtics merch down under (not really but you get my point

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This team and entire franchise just brings so much light and happiness to my life. I feel so lucky and privileged in hindsight I became a Celtic (than a couple of years later, fan of all Boston/NE sports team)