The Sports Bizzo

By Jon…

The Tea Party is over, Boston. Now we can all move on to the other famous event that befell your fair city: The Boston Massacre.

Through the first two rounds of the playoffs the Celtics have done an admirable job of defending their home court, going 9-0 against the Hawks, Cavs and Pistons. But the streak was broken last night, when the Pistons showed the Celtics how a real playoff team plays when it matters.

Outside of Beantown, the Celtics have been downright abysmal, losing every road game they’ve played in the postseason. Fortunately, for them, they earned the number one seed in the regular season, and thus, have been able to eek out the first two series.

But the Pistons nabbing Game 2 on the road may have baked Boston’s beans for good. Now the Celtics have to go into, and I hate this phrase by the way, a “hostile environment”, and try to steal one back from a team that’s been to the Eastern Conference Finals six years in a row. (Actually, the Palace at Auburn Hills may be the only arena you could call a hostile environment, see: Melee at the Palace).

You see, Boston, the Pistons have got it right, rather than talking about winning all the time, they actually win, consistently, and with a coach who maybe just as inept as Doc Rivers.

The Celtics should remember that history has a tendency to repeat itself. The Boston Massacre wasn’t as much a massacre as it was a catalyst for change, galvanizing the revolutionaries in their collective effort to liberate the colonies from England’s control.

The Celtics losing at home will serve as a catalyst as well, though it will merely liberate them from the shackles of postseason basketball for the rest of the summer.