Table of Contents
Foreword Jo Jo White xi
1 Red 1
2 Russ 5
3 Larry Legend 10
4 Kevin McHale 16
5 The Old Boston Garden 21
6 Cooz 25
7 The First Championship 28
8 Banner 17 31
9 Chuck Cooper 41
10 Hondo 44
11 Buy Something at the Pro Shop 48
12 The Other Red 49
13 Johnny Most 54
14 The Truth 56
15 1986 60
16 Boston 2010 63
17 Red's Run 66
18 First Dynasty's End 70
19 Bill Sharman 73
20 Dollar's and Defense 78
21 00 81
22 Greatest Game in NBA History 84
23 Rivals and Rivalries 90
24 Havlicek Stole the Ball!…Then Henderson, Then Bird 92
25 Sam Jones 97
26 Tommy Heinsohn 99
27 The Celtics Enter the Stock Market 102
28 Another Banner Is Raised: 1974 104
29 Celtics Trade Ice Capades for Bill Russell 107
30 Other Steals 109
31 All-Time Winning Streak 114
32 The Real Isaiah Thomas 115
33 Celtic Mystique 117
34 Bailey Howell 120
35 Race 122
36 Celtics on the Diamond and the Gridiron 125
37 Garnett 128
38 Attend, a Banner-Raising or Number-Retiring Ceremony 130
39 "I Love Walter!" 133
40 Howie McHugh 134
41 DJ 136
42 Ambassadors of Love 139
43 View Celtic Pride and Then… View Celtic Pride 141
44 Pose with the Red Auerbach Statue 142
45 Visit the Boston Beer Works 144
46 Bird's First Banner, 1981 145
47 Second-Greatest Celtics Team 148
48 Visit Matthews Arena 150
49 Dance with Gino 152
50 Walter Brown 153
51 The Celtics Fan 156
52 Get Bill Russell's Autograph 158
53 When Boston Was Not a Basketball Town 160
54 Bicentennial Banner 163
55 "Bad News" Barnes 167
56 Cherished Rituals 170
57 Fight Night at the Garden 171
58 Celtics Mascots 173
59 'Toine 174
60 The Curse of Len Bias 178
61 Attend a Celtics Road Game 180
62 K.C 182
63 Organist John Kiley 185
64 Watch the Game at the Fours 186
65 Spider 187
66 Red Claws 189
67 Celtics' Scoring Record Set 190
68 Kentucky Colonel 192
69 John Y., the Anti-Brown 193
70 Satch 196
71 Hall of Famers 198
72 22-Year Title Drought 200
73 Fellowship of the Miserable 203
74 Danny Ainge 209
75 Visit the Sports Museum 213
76 The Unassuming Brad Stevens 214
77 Jo Jo White 216
78 Dine at Ristorante Villa Francesca 218
79 Rajon Rondo 219
80 Curtis and Sidney 222
81 Parquet 227
82 Get on Max's Back in '84 229
83 Tiny 232
84 Call Him Max 235
85 Visit Professor Thorn's in New York City 238
86 Bill Walton 239
87 Visit the Basketball Hall of Fame 242
88 Loscy 244
89 See a Championship Parade 247
90 Nellie 249
91 Bad Trades 251
92 Al Horford 254
93 The 2017 Off-season 255
94 Silas 257
95 Reggie Lewis 259
96 Ray Allen 263
97 Easy Ed 266
98 Camp Milbrook 268
99 Il Messaggero 269
100 Gene Guarilia 271
Acknowledgments 273
Sources 275
