Breathe

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesBeing a fan means subjecting yourself to a series of emotions that drag you unceremoniously up, down, sideways, and spinning in circles, usually all within the course of one game. The playoffs do the same thing, but they amplify the sound by 11 and double the velocity.

Brad Stevens would probably suggest that I try not to get too high after wins or too low after losses. Yeah, right. I’m an emotional fan and I own that.

I don’t take back a single word of my post following the game 2 loss. Those first two losses were an embarrassment. They were also instructive to understanding this team’s development, not to mention their place in the NBA’s current hierarchy.…