HOUSTON — Like most NBA arenas, Toyota Center was inundated with Celtics green hours before tip-off.
So, after warm-ups concluded, and the Rockets’ dance team took the floor for some pregame entertainment, I meandered around the arena to get the backstory of just a few of the hundreds (maybe thousands?) of Celtics fans in attendance.
What I learned won’t shock anyone: some of the fans are Texans, raised in a multi-generation family of Celtics diehards. Others were born and raised in New England, but relocated to Texas as adults and eagerly await their once-a-year opportunity when the Celtics come to town.