RARE: John Havlicek’s Final Game — Bobby Knight, Red Auerbach & Bobby Orr Were All There

RARE: John Havlicek’s final game and full retirement speech with the Celtics — introduced by Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe, who was there covering it.

The crowd that night included Bobby Knight, Red Auerbach, Larry O’Brien, Johnny Most, Tommy Heinsohn, and even Bruins legend Bobby Orr.

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👇 Which retirement moment has hit hardest so far — Cousy, Russell, or Havlicek?

📌 Chapters: coming once the final cut timestamps are available.

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TIMESTAMPS:

• 0:00 – Cold open: his last game, teased
• 0:15 – Bob Ryan sets up the story: 1978, out of the playoffs
• 1:11 – The final quarter: 28 points, fed by Ernie D
• 2:08 – Havlicek introduced for the last time
• 2:52 – Red Auerbach’s tribute begins
• 4:14 – “What can I say about John Havlicek in one minute?”
• 6:31 – The ovation
• 7:54 – Havlicek’s full retirement speech begins
• 9:06 – Thanking Red for drafting him in 1962
• 9:33 – The camper gift, and a promise to remember every face
• 13:12 – “There’s only 24 minutes left”
• 14:35 – Thanking his family
• 16:41 – Closing: “Thank you, Boston. I love you.”