Why I Don't Feel So Bad About Celtics Being Ousted by The Knicks

The Boston Celtics will not win back-to-back NBA championships. On Friday night, the Celtics were ousted from the NBA post-season as they fell 119-81 to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.

It marks the first time a Boston team has been beaten by a New York team in a playoff series since the Yankees bested the Red Sox in the 2003 ALCS.

Unlike that calamity, I don't feel so bad about this setback.

For starters, the Knicks have not won the NBA Finals since 1973 during the days of Willis Reed, Walt "Clyde" Frazier and future U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. 

The Knicks will face the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals starting next Wednesday. While the Knicks haven't won a NBA title in over 50 years, the Pacers have never won a NBA title though they did win three ABA titles including in 1973. 

The Minnesota Timberwolves have also never won a NBA title. The Twin Cities haven't celebrated a basketball championship in over 70 years when the Lakers called Minneapolis home. 

The Timberwolves will either face the Denver Nuggets or the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets won the NBA Title two years ago but it is their only championship in their combined ABA-NBA history which goes back to 1967. The Thunder have not won a NBA title since 1979 when they were known as the Seattle Super Sonics. Needless to say, Oklahoma has never won a championship in any of the four major sports. 

While I am disappointed the Celtics lost, I won't lose sleep over whoever triumphs in the NBA Finals even New York.