From the NBA's "Hardwood Classics" archive comes this spectacular photographic image from 1968

the Houston Astros

getting better with age

this is the one

and the big man himself

John Havlicek "Hondo Classic" Premium Boston Celtics Poster Print- Photofile Sports Wisdom Series From the NBA's "Hardwood Classics"Sixteen seasons, 26,000 points, 13 All Star Games, 11 All NBA selections, and eight championships John Havlicek was, quite simply, one of the greatest to ever play the game! But it's not the big numbers that he is most remembered for it was the clutch moments where Hondo really shone. There was his series clinching steal in Game 7 of the 1965 Eastern Division Finals ("Havlicek stole the ball!!!"); his 40 point performance in Game 7 of the 1968 Eastern