Regardless of the generation you come from, every Celtics fan knows the feeling of a “what-if.”
For me, it’s Gordon Hayward, it’s an NBA Finals scoring drought before a Steph Curry takeover, it’s a Jayson Tatum rolled ankle in a Game 7.
For the fans that followed the Celtics through the early 1980s and ‘90s, there are many to choose from, but the tragic story of Reggie Lewis is likely high among them. Earlier this week, I texted my father-in-law (a diehard Celtics fan who intently followed this era) and asked what his memories were of Lewis and the early-90s Celtics.