1963 NBA Finals

1963 basketball championship series August 2023 NBA 1963 Los Angeles Lakers Fred Schaus 2 Boston Celtics Red Auerbach 4 April 14–24 Celtics:Bob Cousy (1971)John Havlicek (1984)Tom Heinsohn (1986 as player, 2015 as coach)K. C. Jones (1989)Sam Jones (1984)Clyde Lovellette (1988)Frank Ramsey (1982)Bill Russell (1975)Satch Sanders (2011, contributor)Lakers:Dick Barnett (2024)Elgin Baylor (1977)Jerry West (1980)Coaches:Red Auerbach (1969)Officials:Mendy Rudolph (2007)Earl Strom (1995) Celtics defeated Royals, 4–3 Lakers defeated Hawks, 4–3 The 1963 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1963 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1962–63 season. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. This was the Celtics' seventh straight trip to the championship series, and they won the series over the Lakers, 4–2 to win their sixth title overall. Series summary Game Date Home team Result Road team Game 1 April 14 Boston Celtics 117–114 (1–0) Los Angeles Lakers Game 2 April 16 Boston Celtics 113–106 (2–0) Los Angeles Lakers Game 3 April 17 Los Angeles Lakers 119–99 (1–2) Boston Celtics Game 4 April 19 Los Angeles Lakers 105–108 (1–3) Boston Celtics Game 5 April 21 Boston Celtics 119–126 (3–2) Los Angeles Lakers Game 6 April 24 Los Angeles Lakers 109–112 (2–4) Boston Celtics Celtics win series 4–2 Team rosters Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers 1962–63 #0E56A4 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #0E56A4 5 Dick Barnett SG 6 4 190 1936-10-02 Tennessee State 22 Elgin Baylor SF 6 5 225 1934-09-16 Seattle University 25 Leroy Ellis C 6 10 210 1940-03-10 St. John's 24 Ron Horn SF 6 7 220 1938-05-24 Indiana 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 11 Frank Selvy SG 6 3 180 1932-11-09 Furman University 44 Jerry West PG 6 3 175 1938-05-28 West Virginia 12 Gene Wiley C 6 10 210 1937-11-12 Wichita State Fred Schaus https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1963.html See also 1963 NBA playoffs 1962–63 NBA season References 1962-63 NBA Season Summary, basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014. External links 1963 Finals at NBA.com 1963 NBA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference.com Category:NBA Finals NBA Finals NBA Finals Finals Category:Basketball competitions in Boston Category:Basketball competitions in Los Angeles NBA Finals Category:1960s in Boston NBA Finals NBA Finals NBA Finals Category:Events at the Boston Garden