1967 NBA Finals

1967 basketball championship series August 2023 NBA 1967 San Francisco Warriors Bill Sharman 2 Philadelphia 76ers Alex Hannum 4 April 14–24 76ers:Wilt Chamberlain (1979)Larry Costello (2022, contributor)Billy Cunningham (1986)Hal Greer (1982)Chet Walker (2012)Warriors:Rick Barry (1987)Nate Thurmond (1985)Coaches:Bill Sharman (2004)Alex Hannum (1998)Officials:Mendy Rudolph (2007)Earl Strom (1995) 76ers defeated Celtics, 4–1 Warriors defeated Hawks, 4–2 The 1967 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1966–67 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and it was the conclusion of the 1967 NBA playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion San Francisco Warriors and the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia 76ers. This was the first championship series in 11 years without the Boston Celtics, who were defeated in the Division Finals by Philadelphia, the first time since 1958 and the only time in the 1960s that the Boston Celtics did not win the NBA Finals. It matched two teams who had each relocated in the decade, as the Warriors had moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco in 1962 and the 76ers had been relocated from Syracuse to replace the void left by the Warriors. Wilt Chamberlain had been the star of the Warriors since joining the team in 1959 (which included an MVP Award) but was traded to the 76ers in the middle of the 1965 season. Under first-year head coach Alex Hannum (who had been fired by the Warriors the previous season) and an approach to have Chamberlain focus more on defense rather than scoring (which resulted in a shooting percentage of 68.3%), Philadelphia dominated the regular season with a 68–13 record, the most regular season wins in NBA history at the time as Chamberlain won his third MVP award. While they did win in six games, it was a tight affair that saw numerous records set (most notably by Rick Barry, who scored the second most number of points by a player in a Finals at the time) as Game 1 required overtime and the decisive Game 6 saw the 76ers rally back from a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win the championship.NBA Series Finals Leaders and Records for Points https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_series_finals.html 2024-02-23 Basketball-Reference.com en1967 NBA Finals Warriors vs. 76ers https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1967-nba-finals-warriors-vs-76ers.html Basketball Reference 29 November 2021 With the win, Alex Hannum (who had led the St. Louis Hawks to the NBA title in 1958) became the first coach to win a championship with two different franchises, a mark that has since been matched by just two other head coaches in NBA history. Series summary Game Date Home team Result Road team Game 1 April 14 Philadelphia 76ers 141–135* (1–0) San Francisco Warriors Game 2 April 16 Philadelphia 76ers 126–95 (2–0) San Francisco Warriors Game 3 April 18 San Francisco Warriors 130–124 (1–2) Philadelphia 76ers Game 4 April 20 San Francisco Warriors 108–122 (1–3) Philadelphia 76ers Game 5 April 23 Philadelphia 76ers 109–117 (3-2) San Francisco Warriors Game 6 April 24 San Francisco Warriors 122–125 (2–4) Philadelphia 76ers 76ers win series 4–2 * denotes overtime Team rosters Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia 76ers 1966–67 13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7 1 275 Kansas 1936-08-21 21 Larry Costello PG 6 1 186 Niagara 1931-07-02 32 Billy Cunningham F 6 6 210 North Carolina 1943-06-03 20 Dave Gambee F 6 6 215 Oregon State 1937-04-16 15 Hal Greer G 6 2 175 Marshall 1936-06-26 14 Matt Guokas SG 6 5 175 Saint Joseph's University 1944-02-25 54 Luke Jackson Lucious Jackson F 6 9 240 Texas-Pan American 1941-10-31 24 Wali Jones G 6 2 180 Villanova 1942-02-14 28 Bill Melchionni PG 6 1 165 Villanova 1944-10-19 25 Chet Walker F 6 6 212 Bradley 1940-02-22 12 Bob Weiss G 6 2 180 Penn State 1942-05-07 *Alex Hannum https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1967.html San Francisco Warriors San Francisco Warriors 1966–67 24 Rick Barry F 6 7 205 Miami USA 16 Al Attles G 6 0 175 North Carolina A&T USA 31 Joe Ellis basketball F 6 6 175 San Francisco USA 44 Fred Hetzel F 6 8 220 Davidson USA 21 Jim King basketball, born 1941 G 6 2 175 Tulsa USA 35 Rudy LaRusso F 6 7 220 Dartmouth USA 47 Dave Lattin F 6 6 225 UTEP USA 43 Clyde Lee C/F 6 10 205 Vanderbilt USA 9 George Lee basketball F/G 6 4 200 Michigan USA 23 Jeff Mullins basketball G 6 4 190 Duke USA 42 Nate Thurmond C/F 6 11 225 Bowling Green USA USA Bill Sharman (USC) USA George Lee (Michigan) Game summaries Game 1 #eee April 14 Recap OT San Francisco Warriors 135 141 Philadelphia 76ers Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 30–43 35–30 28–34 35–21 7–13 Rick Barry 37 Hal Greer 32 Nate Thurmond 31 Wilt Chamberlain 33 Rick Barry 7 Wilt Chamberlain 10 Earl Strom, Richie Powers Philadelphia leads the series, 1–0 This game holds the record for most combined points in a Finals game, at 276.Myson Chris The Highest-Scoring NBA Finals Games of All Time Opta Analyst November 19, 2024 https://theanalyst.com/articles/the-highest-scoring-nba-finals-games-of-all-time June 16, 2026 Game 2 #eee April 16 Recap San Francisco Warriors 95 126 Philadelphia 76ers Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 17–26 29–31 23–28 26–41 Rick Barry 30 Hal Greer 30 Nate Thurmond 29 Wilt Chamberlain 38 Jim King 6 Wilt Chamberlain 10 Norm Drucker, Mendy Rudolph Philadelphia leads, 2–0 Wilt Chamberlain set a record for rebounds in a half with 26 in the first half.NBA Individual Postseason Records for Rebounds https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/player_post_reb.html 2024-02-23 Basketball-Reference.com en Game 3 #eee April 18 Recap Philadelphia 76ers 124 130 San Francisco Warriors Cow Palace, Daly City, California 35–32 28–37 29–29 32–32 Hal Greer 26 Rick Barry 55 Wilt Chamberlain 26 Nate Thurmond 25 Wali Jones 7 Jim King 6 Earl Strom, John Vanak Philadelphia leads the series, 2–1 Scoring a postseason career-high 55 points on 48 attempts, Rick Barry tied the record set by Wilt Chamberlain in the 1962 playoffs for field goal attempts in one postseason game.NBA Individual Postseason Records for Field Goals and Attempts https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/player_post_fg.html 2024-02-23 Basketball-Reference.com en Game 4 #eee April 20 Recap Philadelphia 76ers 122 108 San Francisco Warriors Cow Palace, Daly City, California 34–27 26–22 31–29 31–30 Hal Greer 38 Rick Barry 43 Wilt Chamberlain 27 Nate Thurmond 25 Wilt Chamberlain 8 Nate Thurmond 5 Mendy Rudolph, Joe Gushue Philadelphia leads, 3–1 Game 5 #eee April 23 Recap San Francisco Warriors 117 109 Philadelphia 76ers Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 31–32 30–32 23–32 33–13 Rick Barry 36 Chet Walker 25 Nate Thurmond 28 Wilt Chamberlain 24 Al Attles 6 Hal Greer 7 Mendy Rudolph, Norm Drucker Philadelphia leads the series, 3–2 Game 6 #eee April 24 Recap Philadelphia 76ers 125 122 San Francisco Warriors Cow Palace, Daly City, California 43–41 25–31 28–30 29–20 Wali Jones 27 Rick Barry 44 Wilt Chamberlain 23 Nate Thurmond 22 Hal Greer 7 Jim King 7 Earl Strom, John Vanak Philadelphia wins the NBA Finals, 4–2 The two teams combined for 84 points in the first quarter, which set a new postseason record. It was matched in the 1994 playoffs and 2003 but has not been surpassed.NBA Team Postseason Records for Points https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/team_post_pts.html 2024-02-23 Basketball-Reference.com en The 76ers were trailing 106-102 early in the fourth quarter before Matt Guokas, a bench player for a majority of the season, took a quick pass off a rebound to throw in a 20-foot shot and quickly getting the ball again on a break and taking on Nate Thurmond when driving to the rim for a layup that tied the game along with knocking him out of the game when he crashed into the basket support. Chamberlain later exclaimed, "Gook! Gook! The rook showed us how!" In the final quarter, Chamberlain recorded eight rebounds and six blocks. The Warriors were trailing 123–122 with under 20 seconds remaining. An attempted pick and roll by Barry and Thurmond against Chamberlain saw a defensive struggle as Barry could not get a clean shot off when Chamberlain shifted his focus to Thurmond on an attempted pass, and a jump ball was forced on the rebound. Philadelphia scored a two-point shot to close out the scoring.DEFORD FRANK 1967-05-08 The waiting made it sweeter https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/05/08/the-waiting-made-it-sweeter https://web.archive.org/web/20240221131609/https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/05/08/the-waiting-made-it-sweeter dead February 21, 2024 Sports Illustrated See also 1967 NBA playoffs 1966–67 NBA season References External links Sachare Alex NBA Encyclopedia Playoff Edition: The Best Team Ever NBA.com http://www.nba.com/encyclopedia/sixers_66-67.html 2008 13 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080509155431/http://www.nba.com/encyclopedia/sixers_66-67.html 9 May 2008 live NBA History Category:NBA Finals NBA Finals NBA Finals Finals Category:Basketball competitions in Philadelphia Category:Basketball competitions in San Francisco Category:April 1967 sports events in the United States Category:1960s in Philadelphia Category:1967 in San Francisco Category:1967 in sports in Pennsylvania NBA Fin Category:Sports competitions in Daly City, California