The bus entrance into Boston Garden is a piece of work. To get into the building, the bus has go up a steep ramp, backwards(!) no less, through an entrance that leaves about 6-8 inches on either side. Every time we have gone through the entrance over the past two weeks, I've held my breath, waiting for the inevitable accident. Not today though, because today we had the accident before we got that to that part.As I said, the bus is coming in backwards, making it difficult to see anything behind. So if, for example, the garage door to the entrance is still down, and you are trying to back into the arena, there is gonna be trouble.
Without going into all the details, we've got an early score to report: Atlanta bus 1 - Boston Garden 0.
We backed right into that sucker, putting a huge dent in it and forcing us to make our way back down the ramp so arena staff could figure out how to rectify the situation. This was the second bus, so all of the players were already inside...except for one - Joe Johnson.
While the staff discussed what to do (my guess as to the conversation: "Who put this stupid entrance here in the first place?") and we waited down below, JJ and broadcaster Dennis Scott decided that walking was perhaps the path of least resistance, so they trudged up the ramp by foot to make their way to their pre-game duties. It was surreal.
I like to think the whole event was a sign of things to come - the Atlanta Hawks, coming into Boston to do damage.
30 minutes away from Game 7!
