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In search of Celtics hate in L.A.

By Sam Alipour
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- I've just been doused with beer and then, for good measure, popcorn, and I think this is what hate feels like. Like most Lakers fans at Staples Center to watch Game 2 from Boston on the JumboTron, I was minding my own business, watching my team fall behind in the final period, when all hell broke loose. Maybe two dozen people, most of them staggering drunk, a few of them in high heels, are trampling each other in the lower bowl behind one of the goalposts. People are sprinting up ...

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