Nov. 17, 1964 - “The Celtics just couldn’t keep winning without that John Havlicek,” said coach Buddy Jeannette of the Baltimore Bullets from the joyous Baltimore clubhouse tonight after his club’s great comeback victory over the Celtics, 102-99, at the Civic Auditorium. (Pictured below, Tom Sanders of the Celtics and Gus Johnson of the Bullets).
“I’m sorry to see the kid hurt, honestly,” said Jeannette, “but seriously, you can keep him up in Boston any time you play down here. What’d he get last year against us — 21 a game for 10 games?”
As the Celtics prepares to meet the tough St. Louis Hawks at Boston Garden tomorrow night, with 20,000-point man Bob Pettit the main individual attraction, the Boston club will try to forget the third game this year in which they’ve blown 20-point leads or better.
Boston led, 74-51, at the four-minute mark of the third period. Jeannette talked about the “best second half” the Bullets have played this year.
“Our guards did a great job containing the Jones boys. Sam, of course, murdered us in the first half with 27 and K.C. got 10. They didn’t do anything the second half, as Wally Jones, our rookie from Villanova, really sparked us, made us run, and played Sam chest to chest.
“The main thing, though, was we didn’t quit. We kept trying, and finally Don Ohl, Walt Bellamy, and Bailey Howell started to hit, and Boston tossed the ball away many times.
“I will say this, and it’s only an opinion. I didn’t think Bill Russell looked like himself out there. I heard he had been in the hospital for a rest, and he didn’t appear to be quite the killer he usually is.”
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