Current location:	Drinking Kona Coffee
Current mood:	jubilant

Return to Glory - Celtics Win!

On the seventeenth day of the sixth month, in the sixth game, the Boston Celtics won their seventeenth NBA championship.

Numerology, anyone?

The team was adorable in their joy - thanking the fans, hugging each other, etc. Kevin Garnett knelt down and kissed the portly leprechaun painted on the center of the court.

The Lakers seemed to be gracious in defeat, coming over to congratulate the Celtics' coach and players. And the fans were....well, they ran the gamut from happily drunk to riotous. Since the game didn't end until, like, midnight, I'm guessing many people will be calling in sick to work this morning.

Of course, there was the obligatory destruction of property - plate glass windows shattered, a large advertising sign smashed, and trash set on fire.  But the police had it pretty much under control and arrests were made. Fourteen arrests, I believe.

There were touching moments, too. This was the first championship for the Celtics since 1986.  One fan at the Garden celebrated the victory by smoking a cigar he had kept for this moment for 22 years.

I hear there are plans for a Victory Parade (a la the Red Sox Rolling Rallies). I'll be watching. To have gone from rock bottom to the very top in one season - what a great story, they deserve to have a rockin' parade.