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"1975-76 Season" - 10 Total Result(s)
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A Baker’s Dozen Titles
The 1975-76 Celtics brought the franchise’s 13th NBA World Championship title to Beantown. The team’s biggest highlight came during Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Boston defeated the Phoenix Suns in triple ...
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Drafting Jo Jo
Jo Jo White arrived in Boston with a gold medal from the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, and a commitment to serve in the Marine Reserves. That military commitment scared some teams away fro ...
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Havlicek Had Handles
John Havlicek brought up the ball against the Phoenix Suns in the 1976 NBA Finals, a series in which Havlicek averaged 15.5 points per game and won his eighth NBA World Championship title. Los Angeles ...
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Home Sweet Home
(Left to right) Jo Jo White, Dave Cowens, Don Nelson and John Havlicek watched from the bench as their team took on the Phoenix Suns during the 1976 NBA Finals. Home court proved to be an advantage fo ...
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Hondo and Jo Jo
Future Hall-of-Famers Jo Jo White and John Havlicek brought the ball up the court against the Phoenix Suns during the 1976 NBA Finals. Havlicek got his nickname “Hondo” from the 1953 John Wayne movie ...
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John’s Ageless Championship Season
While John Havlicek was in the spotlight, Dave Cowens, Jo Jo White and the entire roster all contributed to Boston’s 13th NBA World Championship title in 1976. But the franchise had good reason to fea ...
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Lucky No. 13
The Celtics posted the best record in the Eastern Conference and won their fifth straight Atlantic Division title in the 1975-76 campaign. Driving the team’s success was a trio of All-Stars in John Ha ...
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Two Centuries Strong
John Havlicek owned this green warmup jacket, which featured the Massachusetts Bicentennial patch on the front right near the buttons. The city of Boston planned for an additional 12 million tourists ...
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Watch: Havlicek Banks on It
Watch and listen to Brent Musburger commentate on John Havlicek’s bank shot, which gave Boston the lead in double overtime against the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals. Celtics fans storm ...
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We Come to Win
“We don’t come to play. We come to win.” These words by Red Auerbach headlined the Celtics “prospectus” for the 1975-76 season. Many believed the addition of Charlie Scott from the Phoenix Suns was th ...