1962 NBA Finals

1962 basketball championship series August 2023 NBA 1962 Los Angeles Lakers Fred Schaus 3 Boston Celtics Red Auerbach 4 April 7–18 Celtics:Carl Braun (2019)Bob Cousy (1971)Tom Heinsohn (1986 as player, 2015 as coach)K. C. Jones (1989)Sam Jones (1984)Frank Ramsey (1982)Bill Russell (1975)Satch Sanders (2011, contributor)Lakers:Elgin Baylor (1977)Jerry West (1980)Coaches:Red Auerbach (1969)Officials:Mendy Rudolph (2007)Earl Strom (1995) Celtics defeated Warriors, 4–3 Lakers defeated Pistons, 4–2 The 1962 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1962 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 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' sixth 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 Boston Celtics 122–108 (1–0) Los Angeles Lakers Game 2 April 8 Boston Celtics 122–129 (1–1) Los Angeles Lakers Game 3 April 10 Los Angeles Lakers 117–115 (2–1) Boston Celtics Game 4 April 11 Los Angeles Lakers 103–115 (2–2) Boston Celtics Game 5 April 14 Boston Celtics 121–126 (2–3) Los Angeles Lakers Game 6 April 16 Los Angeles Lakers 105–119 (3–3) Boston Celtics Game 7 April 18 Boston Celtics 110–107 (OT)basketball-reference.com Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics Box Score, April 18, 1962 https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196204180BOS.html 2012-02-18 (4–3) Los Angeles Lakers Celtics win series 4–3 Team rosters Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers 1961–62 #0E56A4 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #0E56A4 22 Elgin Baylor SF 6 5 225 1934-09-16 Seattle University 14 Ray Felix C 6 11 220 1930-12-10 Long Island University 20 Tom Hawkins basketball SF 6 5 210 1936-12-22 Notre Dame 33 Hot Rod Hundley SG 6 4 185 1934-10-26 West Virginia 54 Howie Jolliff PF 6 7 218 1938-07-20 Ohio University 32 Jim Krebs C 6 8 230 1935-09-08 SMU 35 Rudy LaRusso PF 6 7 220 1937-11-11 Dartmouth College 52 Bob McNeill PG 6 1 170 1938-10-22 Saint Joseph's 11 Frank Selvy SG 6 3 180 1932-11-09 Furman University 44 Jerry West PG 6 3 175 1938-05-28 West Virginia 55 Wayne Yates C 6 8 235 1937-11-07 Memphis Fred Schaus https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1962.html Box scores 1962 NBA Finals #eee April 7 Boxscore Los Angeles Lakers 108 Boston Celtics 122 32–29 20–31 22–35 34–27 Elgin Baylor 35 Elgin Baylor 17 Jerry West 4 Sam Jones 24 Bill Russell 28 Bob Cousy 7 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts 7,467 Boston leads series, 1–0 April 8 Boxscore Los Angeles Lakers 129 Boston Celtics 122 30–36 43–23 29–39 27–24 Jerry West 40 Jim Krebs 13 Frank Selvy 6 Tom Heinsohn 27 Bill Russell 23 Bob Cousy 11 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts 12,364 Series tied, 1–1 #eee April 10 Boxscore Boston Celtics 115 Los Angeles Lakers 117 27–24 23–30 28–33 37–30 Bill Russell 26 Bill Russell 32 Bob Cousy 8 Elgin Baylor 39 Elgin Baylor 23 Frank Selvy 5 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California 15,180 Los Angeles leads series, 2–1 Jerry West steals Sam Jones' inbound pass and hit the game winning buzzer-beater. April 11 Boxscore Boston Celtics 115 Los Angeles Lakers 103 32–20 28–31 31–25 24–27 Bill Russell 21 Bill Russell 22 Bob Cousy 13 Elgin Baylor 38 Elgin Baylor 14 Elgin Baylor 6 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California 15,104 Series tied, 2–2 #eee April 14 Boxscore Los Angeles Lakers 126 Boston Celtics 121 31–30 35–38 27–31 33–22 Elgin Baylor 61 Elgin Baylor 22 Frank Selvy 5 Tom Heinsohn 30 Bill Russell 29 Bob Cousy 10 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts 13,909 Los Angeles leads series, 3–2 Elgin Baylor's 61 points sets a Finals record for an individual scorer in a game. April 16 Boxscore Boston Celtics 119 Los Angeles Lakers 105 33–34 24–31 34–16 28–24 Sam Jones 35 Bill Russell 24 Bill Russell 10 West, Baylor 34 each Elgin Baylor 15 West, LaRusso 5 each Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California 14,030 Series tied, 3–3 #eee April 18 Boxscore Los Angeles Lakers 107 Boston Celtics 110 OT 22–22 25–31 28–22 25–25 7–10 Elgin Baylor 41 Elgin Baylor 22 three players 4 each Bill Russell 30 Bill Russell 40 Bob Cousy 9 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts 13,909 Boston wins series, 4–3 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. The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia Villard Books 1994 413–414, 416 0-679-43293-0 In the last 5 seconds of regulation in Game 7, Los Angeles’ Frank Selvy missed an open 12-footer from the baseline that would have won the championship for the Lakers and ended the Celtics dynasty.1962 NBA Finals. Frank Selvy's Shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJXWPQjI020 https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/mJXWPQjI020 2021-12-14 live Youtube Instead, the game went into overtime in which the Celtics 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, where they clinched the title at Boston Garden; the Lakers would lose to the Celtics in the Finals 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 Los Angeles. See also 1962 NBA playoffs 1961–62 NBA season References Other sources "1961-62 NBA Season Summary", basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014. External links Sports Illustrated (April 30, 1962) Too Much To Beat This Year 1962 Finals at NBA.com 1962 NBA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference.com Finals Category:NBA Finals NBA Finals NBA Finals NBA Finals NBA Finals NBA Finals Category:Basketball competitions in Boston Category:Basketball competitions in Los Angeles Category:1960s in Boston NBA Finals Category:Events at the Boston Garden