John Havlicek stole the ball – and preserved a big Celtics playoff win – 55 years ago today
It’s one of the great plays in Celtics history and it happened 55 years ago today. Sadly, it’s the first year John Havlicek won’t be around to commemorate the night he stole the ball and preserved the Celtics’ Game 7 Eastern Conference Finals series victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on April 15, 1965. Havlicek died at 69 nearly a year ago on …
News story posted on 2020-04-15T22:25:00.0000000Z
