John Havlicek
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I can remember in Cincinnati, we're walking off the floor after a game and this guy comes out of the stands and spits at Auerbach ... Well, Red cold-cocked him, and the guy sued for facial damage and for broken glasses. I was walking behind him with my head down and I really didn't see anything after the first punch, but Red tells me, 'You saw everything that I saw, right?' We get to court and they throw out the case. Red gives the guy a couple of souvenirs and four or five hundred dollars and that was it.
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