Anyone else remember the Celts’ old “Ohio” play?
Back when the Russell Reign was winding down and Dave Cowens was launching his Hall of Fame career, it was the Celtics’ need-a-hoop-in-crunch-time offensive maneuver of choice. A sharp-shooter would run his defensive man into a double-screen along the baseline to create an open 15’-18’ look.
Quite often that shooter became the guy Johnny Most would call “The Bouncin’ Buckeye from Ohio State,” but it had been introduced to Boston’s repertoire by John Havlicek’s college teammate, Larry Siegfried … and the initial designated “Shooter” was the inimitable Sam Jones, who succumbed to failing health Thursday at the age of 88.