29
Oct 09

Celtics v. Bobcats

Our 1st Celtics home game.

Versus the Charlotte Bobcats.

We won.

92-59.

So I took some iPhone videos last night of the super cool hype machine. I know they are ghetto, but you don’t have to watch them! I want to learn how to post video to the blog. I’ll try to google around and find a YouTube clip that is much better than what I have.

The Jumbotron/Hype/PR people started VERY early in the night – introducing the Celtics before they came out to warm up with with a really cool montage of all the banners & playoffs won before. It was sad because it almost felt wasted, as most people weren’t there yet trying to come from work (as evidenced by the still green t-shirted, empty seats. The montage has old Celtic legends and great quotations.

I apologize in advance for the very loud WOO girls sitting behind us (and DO check out that YouTube video if you are in of a definition of a WOO girl). They were incredibly annoying. And they were mostly there to discuss Kevin Garnett’s hotness. And only one of the girls knew which player Kevin Garnett was.

“What did we do this summer?”

“We reloaded!”

(Also, at the end of this one, is where they announce the team… You can hear that BBD doesn’t get a very loud cheer. I distinctly remember hearing boos, but the video didn’t pick that up. Some articles said it was awkwardly silent during his name call.)

And The Captain says Thanks to the Best Crowd in All of Sports and wants to hang another banner.

** Red’s Army has way better zoom on their “iPhone camera” not to mention way better access. Here is their YouTube video for both the team announcement and Paul’s Speech.


28
Oct 09

Home opener giveaways

For the record the Garden’s seats are yellow! I came early to posters at the door and a green tee covering each seat!!! It looks awesome. The iPhone camera doesn’t do it justice, but here they are!


27
Oct 09

Our Fridge of Celtics Tickets!

And that’s not showing the ones we already used for the preseason game & practice!


16
Oct 09

Celtics Practice



We got to attend a Celtics practice. It was pretty awesome to see the players up so close – it was as close as you sit to watch a high school basketball game.

There are a lot of pictures in the gallery after the jump; it was hard to stop when we were sitting so close – but we only posted a fraction of the ones we took. We are very excited for the real season to start. It was fun watching practice and the guys (and KG‘s knee) looked great!

Towards the end of the photo gallery there are some super cute pictures of a tiny guy in a KG jersey wandering around the floor, interacting with KG, but more just astonished by his size. Kevin was trying to tell him he was wearing his number. But the kid kept looking at his shirt and then looking back at Kevin trying to figure it all out. Then Eddie intervened and helped the kid out. It was awesome.

More pictures after the jump. Continue reading →


09
Oct 09

Celtics v. Knicks – Preseason Begins!

And so begins our Celtics season.

1st preseason home game.

Versus the Knicks.

We won.

96-82.

It was nice to be back in the Garden for basketball (we were just there for a Killers concert but it’s not as fun).

We should take a picture of our fridge with all our fun Celtics tickets (and our bummer Game 4, defunct ALDS Red Sox tix).  We did go Beerworks after the game and watch baseball play out in our favorite brewery.