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Forsberg: Heinsohn the coach finally gets his just due

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Everybody in Boston loves Tommy Heinsohn, including former Celtic Walter McCarty, the subject of one of Heinsohn's most memorable moments as a broadcaster. Jim Davis/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
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BOSTON -- It was late in Brad Stevens' first season with the Boston Celtics and the team was enduring a stretch in which it would win just one time in 15 tries while stumbling to the finish line of a 25-win season.