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  • John Havlicek is the team's career leader with 46,471. ...

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • John Havlicek is the all-time scorer for Boston, but also

    USATODAY.com - Nets are great story regardless of what happens 2002

  • Adjusting their personnel, old standbys Cousy, Sharman, Ramsey and future championship coaches Heinsohn and K.C. Jones were replaced by Bailey Howell, Larry Siegfried, Don Nelson and future all-time great John Havlicek.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • In 1978, following a 32-50 season which saw old standby John Havlicek retire after sixteen seasons, the Celtics owned two of the top eight first-round draft picks.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • It was a scream for Jerry West, who endured so much pain at the hands of Boston that he gained the sympathy of Bill Russell and John Havlicek.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Going back to Boston down 0-2, the Celtics seemed on the verge of a three-game series deficit after team scoring leader John Havlicek was accidentally poked in the eye during the third quarter of Game Three.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Sam Jones, also playing in his last professional game, fouled out, and Russell and the indefatigable Havlicek picked up their fifth fouls.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Deploying four shooters on the floor, Bryant inbounded the ball to Havlicek, who found Sam Jones behind a Bailey Howell screen.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • The 1977-78 Boston Celtics made this small group thanks to an aging-but-popular John Havlicek—they won 39% of their games that season, but won three titles in the next decade.

    With 2 Starting All-Stars, the Knicks Should Be Better 2011

  • Haunted by images of Bob Cousy dribbling out Lakers title hopes, Red Auerbach lighting a victory cigar, then John Havlicek deflecting a pass over to Sam Jones, the next thing I saw in this recurring nightmare was a color clip showing a partisan crowd from 1984 storming the parquet floor in utter delirium.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

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