Only for a franchise as embellished because the Celtics, in a metropolis the place successful has grow to be as frequent a behavior as Boston, might a participant of John Havlicek’s caliber go missed. If you talked about “Hondo” round Celtics followers within the final decade or so, they had been prone to suppose you had been cracking a joke at Tom Menino’s expense reasonably than referencing Havlicek’s nickname. His most iconic second — “Havlicek stole the ball!” — is confused with the legendary Larry-Bird-passes-underneath-to-D.J. second as typically as it's recalled appropriately. All of which is unbelievable, as a result of practically wherever else, Havlicek, who died Thursday at age 79, wouldn’t merely be on the town’s Mount Rushmore. He could