Worst Moment as a NY Sports Fan

Last night I may have had the worst moment in my sports fan life. I'm at the Bourbon St. Bar on Amsterdam Ave and the Celtic-Laker game is on. Mind you I've had a few since pints cost 50 cents and I'm not sure if the shot girl liked me or knew I was the fool. Let's just say I spent 35 bucks at a 50 cent beer night.

So the Celtics are in the middle of a comeback and the whole bar is going nuts. The whole bar! And we are in New York! (Aside: As a NY fan who am I supposed to root for? The Celtics are in the Knicks division but to everyone under 30 they do not compare to Indiana, Chicago, or Miami as rivals. The Lakers have played the Knicks in five NBA finals, beating us three out of five times, but all those were before I was born.) There is no reason everyone should be rooting for Boston. Yeah, they are in the middle of an all-time great comeback but I still would not expect it to be so heavily one sided. I even find myself rooting for Boston, but I'm excused. I had money on Boston plus I was with all my masshole friends. After a nifty Paul Pierce layup I find myself highfiving a total rando. Totally spontaneous. Looks normal to any outsider. Yet dude has been standing near my table for awhile and has no association to me. This is when the following comment and response occurred:

Me: "And I'm a Knicks fan"
Rando: "Me too"

Has this what it has come to! We Knick fans are openly rooting for Boston, a division rival, and not only rooting, but going nuts. I knew the whole city of Boston could not have taken over this bar even if it was a place meant for the Sullivans of the world. It had to be the booze that made Knick fans root for Boston. Right?

I was so embarrassed to be a Knick fan when I woke up this morning. So embarrassed I refused to email the story to the Sports Guy, a pastime of mine. (If you can call it that since I never have made an article.) I refuse to get in the bag with this story even though it would definitely make it followed by a two paragraph rant lambasting Isiah, James Dolan, Knicks fans, and the city of New York.

So where does that leave me? Confused.