“Greer is putting the ball into play. He gets it out deep. And Havlicek steals it! Over to Sam Jones! Havlicek stole the ball! It’s all over! It’s all over! Johnny Havlicek stole the ball! Johnny Havlicek is being mobbed by the fans!’’
– Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most’s radio call of Havlicek’s game-clinching steal in the final seconds of Game 7 of the 1965 Eastern Conference finals.
I know, it is hardly necessary to write out Most’s call. Havlicek, the Celtics’ classy legend and all-time leading scorer who passed away Thursday at age 79, is already in our consciousness in these somber and sentimental hours.