Good afternoon, CelticsBlog. As I was sitting in my room and carving “SMART INJURED” into the wall of my psych ward cell 900 times, it occurred to me that today would be an emotional watch for Celtics fans. With all the necessary stakes of the playoffs, the looming free agent choices, and our first look at playoff Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, there was plenty to get angsty about.
Against my better judgement, I decided to keep a running diary of the game, to chart my own mental health and see how resilient Celtics fans (well… actually me) could be in the face of the playoffs coming off of a decidedly disappointing season.