While not sleeping last night for some unknown reason (Bill Belichick and Wade Phillips), I began to think about the weekend that wasn\’t for New England sports fans. Let\’s recap.
It all started with a big Celtics/Hawks match-up that has turned into a bit of rivalry since they fought for 7 games in round one of the playoffs in 2007. The C\’s got out rebounded by 18 and lost 97-86, an inauspicious start to the weekend.
There were 3 promising match-ups for Bostonians. The BC Eagles were up against a terrible Virginia team, the Bruins were facing the high-scoring Pittsburgh squad, and the Celtics were looking to get back on track against the 3-3 Pacers. BC took care of business, barely, but a win is a win and on this weekend, this win is the only win (not so subtle foreshadowing). The Bruins then came out scoring, finally, but the defense let them down giving up 6 goals, 5 in regulation, resulting in a 6-5 OT loss. The Celtics, following suit, struggled defensively, giving up 113 points to the Pacers, capping the night with a big L.
There was one marquee match-up left in which a win would make all of the other losses from the weekend bearable: a Pats victory over their arch rival Colts. If you want to read my more in-depth feelings on the game, see my posts from last night. All I will say is that we learned Bill Belichick is human and is capable of making a colossal error in judgment to hand the Colts a victory.
Overall, the major Boston sports ended the weekend 1-4. It has to get better from here, right?
Think about it like this…you could live in a city where this is the norm every weekend hahaYay BC!
True. We are spoiled in Boston with the expectation that all teams will win all the time and for the most part we aren't disappointed.
Yesterday was so depressing… I think all of Boston is in a funk this morning from the Pats.