I hate the Celtics, but hated them even more after referee Ritchie Powers stole game 6 of the 1976 series vs. the Suns. Game was tied with few seconds on the clock and a Celtics player signaled Time Out right in front of Ritchie Powers’ eyes. He couldn’t miss it.
The problem was, the Celts has NO MORE time outs, and that was a technical foul. Suns hit it, the Celtics missed their last shot, Suns win and go home for game 6 where they had won 2 straight home games. But Powers conveniently.
I admire a fan who can keep a grievance alive for decades!
I was present in the Orange Bowl to witness the infamous Gator Flop and hated UF for decades myself. I had to let it go when two of my sons went to Gainesville, which worked out well as they went on to national championship during the boys’ studies there.