1962 NBA Finals

1962 NBA Finals
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Boston Celtics Red Auerbach 4
Los Angeles Lakers Fred Schaus 3
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Eastern Finals Celtics defeat Warriors, 4–3
Western Finals Lakers defeat Pistons, 4–2

The 1962 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1962 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1961–62 season. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers and Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. This was the Celtics' 6th straight trip to the Finals, and they won the best-of-seven series in Game 7, 110–107 in overtime. It was the second time in NBA history and the most recent Finals in which the series was decided by overtime in Game 7. The only other Finals series decided in overtime in the seventh game was the 1957 Finals.

Series summary

Game Date Home Team Result Road Team
Game 1 April 7 (Sat) Boston Celtics 122–108 (1–0) Los Angeles Lakers
Game 2 April 8 (Sun) Boston Celtics 122–129 (1–1) Los Angeles Lakers
Game 3 April 10 (Tue) Los Angeles Lakers 117–115 (2–1) Boston Celtics
Game 4 April 11 (Wed) Los Angeles Lakers 103–115 (2–2) Boston Celtics
Game 5 April 14 (Sat) Boston Celtics 121–126 (2–3) Los Angeles Lakers
Game 6 April 16 (Mon) Los Angeles Lakers 105–119 (3–3) Boston Celtics
Game 7 April 18 (Wed) Boston Celtics 110–107 (OT)[1] (4–3) Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3

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During the series, Lakers forward Elgin Baylor scored a Finals record 61 points in Game 5. Celtics center Bill Russell set a still-standing record for rebounds in a 7-game series with 189, and tied his own record for rebounds in a single game with 40 in Game 7.[2]

The potential championship-winner bounces off the rim

In the last 5 seconds of regulation in Game 7, Laker Frank Selvy missed an open 12-footer from the baseline that would have won the championship for Los Angeles and ended the Celtics dynasty. Instead, the game went into OT in which the Celtics then won the game and thus the title. For the Lakers, it would start the pattern of not winning the big games in the NBA Finals, something that lasted until 1972 when the Lakers finally won their first title in Los Angeles. The Lakers would not defeat the Celtics in the NBA Finals until 1985, which they did on the Celtics' home floor; they lost to the Boston Celtics in 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1984 and 2008. After the 1985 Finals, the Lakers would beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals again in 1987 and 2010, both times in California.

References

  1. ↑ "Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics Box Score, April 18, 1962". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  2. ↑ The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia,. Villard Books. 1994. pp. 413–414, 416. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
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