在第 18 个冠军之后，凯尔特人球迷迎来了派对时间
【中美创新时报2024 年 6 月 18 日编译讯】（记者温友平编译）波士顿凯尔特人队的球迷欣喜若狂，庆祝球队获得第 18 个冠军，也是自 2008 年以来的第一个冠军，周一晚上，这座城市的西区变成了一个盛大的派对，在球队击败达拉斯小牛队后，身着绿白相间衣服的人群涌上 TD 花园附近的街道。《波士顿环球报》记者Danny McDonald、Ava Berger 和 Lila Hempel-Edgers 对此作了如下精彩报道。
“凯尔特人加油！”人群高呼。有人跳舞。有人唱歌。有人尖叫。有人拥抱亲人。有人拥抱陌生人。
同样，在附近的酒吧里，人们在酒精的刺激下，释放了 16 年压抑的篮球情绪，尽情享受着无拘无束的欢乐。观众们为杰森·塔图姆高呼“MVP”。还有人高呼凯里·欧文，这位才华横溢的达拉斯后卫被许多凯尔特人球迷视为反派，这些欢呼声是无法在家庭报纸上刊登的。
“这是我一生中最激动人心的时刻，”来自波士顿的维什·图拉在花园附近的一家酒馆 Sullivan’s Tap 里说道。“我等这一刻已经很久了。”
站在图拉旁边的是艾伦·谢，他如此表达自己的喜悦：“鸡皮疙瘩，我起鸡皮疙瘩了。”
随着比赛时间的流逝，花园飓风队的球迷们爆发出欢呼声，安妮和凯尔·考夫林从座位上跳了起来，跳来跳去。
“难以置信，”安妮·考夫林说，她无法用语言表达自己的兴奋之情。
“我从 5 岁起就坐在沙发上看比赛，”凯尔·考夫林说。
该地区的街道禁止车辆通行，还设置了路障来控制人群。城市规定禁止该地区的酒吧在中场休息后接待顾客，随着派对持续到周一深夜，花园周围可以看到大量警察。截至晚上 11:15，一些球迷已经开始爬上该地区的路灯和树木。
据波士顿警方发言人、警探约翰·博伊尔中士称，截至周二凌晨 12:30，已有 5 人被捕。周二凌晨没有关于指控的信息。
在开场前几个小时，当地酒吧的队伍已经排到了街区尽头。尽管凯尔特人队周五在达拉斯的第四场比赛中惨败，但许多在酒吧排队支付 30 美元入场费的人们仍然表示乐观。一大堆预测归结为：球队在主场，今晚他们将举起拉里·奥布莱恩奖杯。
“这会发生的，”51 岁的保罗·奥康纳在开球前几个小时在弗伦德街的 The Greatest Bar 说。“今晚的胜利是 20 分。”
事实证明这是一个有先见之明的声明。（凯尔特人队以 18 分获胜。）
比赛前，人们确实有些紧张。人们担心连续第二场失利意味着什么，担心球队不得不在士气低落、没有动力的情况下回到达拉斯。这些担忧最终被证明是毫无意义的，凯尔特人队的下半场几乎没有压力，他们的领先优势在第三节扩大到 20 多分，球队从未回头。
场馆内外的活力反映出新的现实：凯尔特人队将再次夺冠。主要问题不是凯尔特人队是否会获胜，而是冠军游行的鸭子船何时会穿过市中心？
有些球迷不远万里前来亲身体验波士顿夺冠的喜悦。有两名球迷从克里斯塔普斯·波尔津吉斯的家乡拉脱维亚飞了七个小时。还有一位牛顿本地人从西海岸开车过来——他花了六天时间——其他人则来自拉斯维加斯、爱尔兰和加勒比海。
“这太棒了，这里就是家，和这里的人在一起感觉很强大，”21 岁的马修斯·罗萨说，他从洛杉矶飞来，与父亲和兄弟维尼修斯一起在飓风队观看比赛。
26 岁的维尼修斯·罗萨来自韦斯特伯勒，在佩顿·普理查德投中半场压哨球结束上半场后，他从座位上跳起来，双手比出 W 形，向欢呼雀跃的球迷挥手。
“凯尔特人队所有的骄傲都从那一刻涌出，”他说。
下半场，在花园球馆内，一些球迷随着白色条纹队七国军团的节奏猛踩地面，而其他人则默默地注视着球场。
奇克·奈特说，人群比他见过的任何时候都疯狂，他已经来这里观看比赛 42 年了。
“这里和这里一样吵闹，我还记得老花园球馆，”73 岁的奈特说。“它的结构更好一些，所以我们没有感受到那种震动，但这很酷。”
奈特从家乡普利茅斯乘船前往观看第五场比赛。他说，如果凯尔特人队获胜，这次非传统的旅程最终将是值得的。
“我们把船开到这里，这样我们就不用开车回家了，”奈特说。“我们致力于度过一个狂欢之夜。”
第四节开始时，欢庆的气氛弥漫在球场上空，一直延伸到球迷们吃鸡柳和炸薯条补充能量的大厅。
比利·麦金尼斯和几个朋友站在垃圾桶旁边，一边喝着剩下的啤酒，一边拍着他的后背。
“这就是家庭，”54 岁的麦金尼斯说。“每个人都很亲密，这是一个团结的社区。”
麦金尼斯说，他最想看凯尔特人队在花园球馆大放异彩。周一是他妻子的生日，这让这场胜利更加美好。
“世界上有很多坏事，但当你来到这个地方，你就会发现，这里全是爱，”麦金尼斯说，他的左脸颊上画着一片绿色的三叶草。
“波士顿是一座冠军之城。”
《波士顿环球报》记者 Maddie Khaw 和 Auzzy Byrdsell 对本报道亦有贡献。
题图：Raina Williams 在 The Greatest Bar 内哭泣，凯尔特人队赢得了 NBA 总决赛。KAYLA BARTKOWSKI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
附原英文报道：
Following Banner No. 18, it was party time for Celtics fans
By Danny McDonald, Ava Berger and Lila Hempel-Edgers Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated June 18, 2024
Raina Williams cries inside The Greatest Bar as the Celtics win the NBA Finals.
Delirious with jubilation, Boston Celtics fans celebrated the franchise’s 18th title, and the first since 2008, as the city’s West End was transformed into one big party Monday night, with the green-and-white clad masses pouring onto the streets near TD Garden following their team’s defeat of the Dallas Mavericks.
“Let’s go Celtics!” the throngs chanted. Some danced. Some sang. Some screamed. Some hugged their loved ones. Some embraced strangers.
Likewise, in the area’s bars, there was unbridled joy, buoyed by alcohol and the release of 16 years of pent-up, basketball-related emotions. Spectators chanted “MVP” for Jayson Tatum. There were chants regarding Kyrie Irving, a talented Dallas guard considered a heel by many Celtics fans, that cannot be printed in a family newspaper.
“This is the most exhilarating moment of my whole life,” Vish Tura, of Boston, said inside Sullivan’s Tap, a tavern near the Garden. “I’ve been waiting for this as long as I can remember.”
Standing next to Tura was Alan Xie, who articulated his glee thusly: ”Goosebumps, I have goosebumps.”
As the game clock ran down and fans in Hurricane’s at the Garden erupted in cheers, Annie and Kyle Coughlin jumped up from their seats and jumped around.
“Unbelievable,” Annie Coughlin said, unable to find the words to express her excitement.
”I’ve been watching them from my couch since I was 5 years old,” Kyle Coughlin said.
Streets in the area were shut down to cars, and there were barricades set up to control the crowds. City rules prevented bars in the area from admitting patrons after halftime, and a significant police presence could be seen around the Garden as the party stretched into late Monday night. As of 11:15 p.m., some fans had started to climb street lights and trees in the area.
Boston police reported five arrests as of 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to lead department spokesperson Sergeant Detective John Boyle. There was no information available about charges early Tuesday morning.
Hours before tip-off, lines for local watering holes stretched down the block. Many of those who waited in line to pay a $30 cover charge at the bars expressed optimism despite the Celtics’ Game 4 blowout loss in Dallas on Friday. A welter of predictions boiled down to this: the team was home, and this would be the night they would hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy.
“It’s going to happen,” Paul O’Connor, a 51-year-old from Woburn, said at The Greatest Bar on Friend Street hours before tip-off. “It’s a win by 20 night.”
It turned out to be a prescient statement. (The Celtics won by 18.)
Before the game, there were a few nerves, to be sure. People worried what a second straight loss would mean, about the team having to return to Dallas deflated and without momentum. Those concerns turned out to be moot, with a largely stress-free second half as the Celtics’ lead ballooned to more than 20 points in the third quarter as the team never looked back.
The energy both inside and outside the arena reflected the new reality: the Celtics would be champs once again. The chief question became not whether the Celtics would win, but when would the championship parade of duck boats roll through the heart of the city?
Some fans traveled far to experience the delight of a Boston title firsthand. There was the pair of fans who flew seven hours from Kristaps Porzingis’s homeland of Latvia. There was the Newton native who drove from the West Coast — it took him six days — to be here. Others came from Las Vegas, Ireland, and the Caribbean.
“It’s amazing, it’s home, it’s powerful being with the people,” said Matheus Rosa, 21, who flew in from Los Angeles to watch the game at Hurricane’s with his father and brother, Vinicius.
Vinicius Rosa, 26, of Westborough, jumped up on his seat and formed his hands in a W, waving the gesture out at the crowd of fans jumping and screaming after Payton Pritchard sank a half-court buzzer-beater to end the first half.
”All the Celtics pride came out of my body right there,” he said.
Inside the Garden during the second half, some fans slammed their feet against the ground to the beat of the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army, while others gazed upon the court in silent focus.
Chick Knight said the crowd was wilder than any he’s seen, and he’s been coming to games for 42 years.
”This is as loud as it’s been here, and I remember the old Garden,” said Knight, 73. “It’s a little better structurally built so we’re not getting that vibration, but this is pretty cool.”
Knight traveled to Game 5 by boat from his hometown, Plymouth. He said the unconventional journey would be worth it in the end if the Celtics won.
”We drove our boat up here so that we don’t have to drive home,” said Knight. “We are committed to a night of revelry.”
A feeling of celebration washed over the arena at the beginning of the fourth quarter, extending into the concourse for fans refueling on chicken tenders and fries.
Billy McInnis stood beside a trash can with a few friends, chugging the rest of his beer while they patted him on the back.
”This is family,” said McInnis, 54. “Everybody is so tight and it’s a community that comes together.”
McInnis said there’s nowhere he’d rather watch the Celtics dominate than at the Garden. Monday was his wife’s birthday, which made the win all the better.
”There’s a lot of bad stuff in the world, but when you come to this place, it’s all love,” said McInnis, who had a green shamrock painted onto his left cheek.
“Boston is a championship city.”
Globe correspondents Maddie Khaw and Auzzy Byrdsell contributed to this report.
