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On this day: Boston honors Johnny Most retirement; Rajon Rondo scores triple-double vs. Indiana Pacers

The legendary Celtics broadcaster was honored by Boston on his retirement on this date in 1990.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion floor general Rajon Rondo scored a triple-double in a 114-96 blowout win over the Indiana Pacers in 2008 in front of a home crowd at TD Garden.

The victory came in the Celtics’ 20th game since they had won the 2008 NBA Championship, with the memory of hanging the team’s first championship banner in decades still fresh in the minds of fans — and only two losses to their name to start the 2008-09 season to make it even more exciting. The Kentucky product put up an eye-popping stat line in the beatdown they gave to their Central Division opponent, too.

Rondo logged 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 17 assists to make the triple-double, as well as 3 steals for good measure in just under 41 minutes of game time.

On this day: Announcer Johnny Most, Žan Tabak, Jérôme Moïso born; Mark Acres taken in ’89 expansion draft

On this day, Johnny Most, Jérôme Moïso, Žan Tabak were born. and Mark Acres was taken in the 1989 NBA expansion draft

On this day in Boston Celtics history, famed announcer Johnny Most was born in 1923 in New York City. Named for his paternal grandfather, an anarchist newspaper editor named Johann Most, the former Celtics announcer was perhaps best known for his explosive call at the end of Game 7 of the 1965 NBA East Division Finals when he shouted “Havlicek stole the ball!” in his trademark gravelly voice.

Most called games for the Celtics for 37 years between 1953 and 1990, covering some of the most iconic moments in franchise history — and in the case of several of them, helping make some of them especially iconic.

Most would pass after a heart attack sustained in 1993 and was posthumously honored with the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for his contributions to the sport.

On this day: Boston honors Johnny Most retirement; Rajon Rondo scores triple-double vs. Indiana Pacers

The legendary Celtics broadcaster was honored by Boston on his retirement on this date in 1990.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion floor general Rajon Rondo scored a triple-double in a 114-96 blowout win over the Indiana Pacers in 2008 in front of a home crowd at TD Garden.

Rondo logged 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 17 assists to make the triple-double, as well as 3 steals for good measure in just under 41 minutes of game time.

On this day: Announcer Johnny Most, Žan Tabak, Jérôme Moïso born; Mark Acres taken in ’89 expansion draft

On this day, Johnny Most, Jérôme Moïso, Žan Tabak were born. and Mark Acres was taken in the 1989 NBA expansion draft

WATCH: Celtics honor legendary broadcaster Johnny Most’s retirement at the old Boston Garden

Most covered the team for all but one of their titles.

The Boston Celtics honored famed broadcaster Johnny Most for 37 years of calling games with the team on Dec. 3, 1990 in a magnificent ceremony at the old Boston Garden. The ceremony featured team president Red Auerbach, Celtics legends Larry Bird, Tom “Satch” Sanders, KC Jones, Mike Gorman and more.

With a career spanning 16 of the team’s NBA-record 17 titles, many of the club’s most historic moments were conveyed by Most’s famous gravelly voice narration, even becoming events unto themselves. More emblematic than any, perhaps, was his “Havlicek stole the ball” call seen by some as the most famous radio call in basketball history.

Local TV station WBZ produced a short segment documenting the event and his retirement, dug up by our friends at CLNS Media’s “NBA History & Legends on CLNS” YouTube channel for your enjoyment.

Check out the clip embedded above to see it in full!

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LISTEN: Iconic Celtics announcer Johnny Most calling Boston legend Larry Bird’s debut NBA game

Hear every play from Larry Legend’s debut game in the association in this clip.

The same game on October 12, 1979 saw the debut of the 3-point shot in NBA history and the first game of iconic Boston Celtics small forward Larry Bird, among the greatest to ever play the game.

So much so that Chris Ford’s historic shot is more of an asterisk to the debut contest played by Bird that day. And while we unfortunately do not have more than some clips culled from the game in its entirety to look back on, we do have the entire audio play-by-play of legendary Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most detailing the action of both historic events happening in an otherwise unremarkable season-opening contest.

Listen to the Hick From French Lick (as Bird was sometimes called) score 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists in 28 minutes of play via the video embedded below, courtesy of YouTuber “Larry Legend Full Games”.

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On this day: famed announcer Johnny Most, big man Jérôme Moïso born

On this day, famed Boston Celtics announcer Johnny most and former Boston big man Jérôme Moïso were born.

On this day, famed Boston Celtics announcer Johnny Most was born in 1923 in New York City.

Named for his paternal grandfather, an anarchist newspaper editor named Johann Most, the former Celtics announcer was perhaps best known for his explosive call at the end of Game 7 of the 1965 NBA East Division Finals when he shouted “Havlicek stole the ball!” in his trademark gravelly voice.

Most would pass after a heart attack sustained in 1993, and was posthumously honored with the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for his contributions to the sport.

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