Why to root against the Celts...

Ten excuses Celtics fans will use if they lose to the Lakers 

Courtesy of Matthew Berry

1. Kobe got all the calls. And his fingers weren't hurt enough. Or his toes. I don't know. Kobe sucks.

2. Rondo was banged up, and everyone knows you can't win a championship with three future Hall of Famers if your fourth-year point guard has muscle spasms.

3. The Lakers stole Gasol! Rip-off trades should only happen when a beloved former power forward becomes the GM of another team.

4. Bill Simmons jinxed us.

5. The tech/ejection/suspension on Rasheed/ KG/Perkins is because the refs are out to get them, not because they're crazy and/or jerks who have complained about every call ever. (Not gonna lie -- Artest doesn't do well in this category either. But at least we only got one crazy).


6. If we aren't going to get a 38-to-10 free throw advantage like we did in Game 2 of 2008, how does anyone ever expect us to win?

7. Wait, they're still playing? I jumped off the bandwagon last year. OK, I'm back! I never bailed! Celtics forever! What? They lost? Why does this always happen to me? (This is the best and probably the most accurate one.) Of all the bandwagon fans out there, Boston has the most. See Pats, Red Sox, and Celts. The tried to do it with the Bruins, but they lost...maybe next year.

8. Fisher is a dirty player. That's KG's move!

9. Gasol flops too much. That's KG's move!

10. Pierce got confused on which injury to fake.

The last round I rooted against the Lakers and for Amar'e and Nash, but this series I absolutely have to root against the always talking, front running Celtics. Doc Rivers, Tom Thibodeau, a few other coaches, and maybe the pure shooting Ray Ray are fine by me...all the others not so much.

Rooting for the mamba. Oh the world we live in. Talk to you all soon.

This is my Minority Report