1962-63 NBA season

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See also
1963 NBA Playoffs 1963 NBA Finals 1963 NBA Draft 1963 in basketball Basketball National Basketball Association College basketball American Basketball Association National Basketball League Women's National Basketball Association 1963 in sports
Sources
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The 1962-63 NBA Season was the 17th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 5th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.

Contents 1 Notable Occurrences 2 Final standings 2.1 Eastern Division 2.2 Western Division 3 NBA awards 4 See also

[edit] Notable Occurrences

• The Warriors move from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to San Francisco, California.
• The Chicago Packers are renamed the Chicago Zephyrs.
• The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, with the East beating the West 115-108. Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics won the game's MVP award.
• ABC begins televising NBA games, which they would do until the 1973-74 season, when long time NBA broadcast partner CBS would begin televising games. ABC would not televise an NBA game again until Christmas Day of 2002, when they got the broadcast rights back.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Boston Celtics C	58	22	.725	-
Syracuse Nationals	48	32	.600	10
Cincinnati Royals	42	38	.525	16
New York Knicks	21	59	.263	37

[edit] Western Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Lakers	53	27	.663	-
St. Louis Hawks	48	32	.600	5
Detroit Pistons	34	46	.425	19
San Francisco Warriors	31	49	.388	22
Chicago Zephyrs	25	55	.313	28

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

• Most Valuable Player: Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
• Rookie of the Year: Terry Dischinger, Chicago Zephyrs

• All-NBA First Team:
  • Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks
  • Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers
  • Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals
  • Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers
  • Bill Russell, Boston Celtics

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

[edit] See also

• 1963 NBA Playoffs
• 1963 NBA Finals
• 1963 NBA Draft

Preceded by 1961-62 NBA season

NBA seasons 1962-63

Succeeded by 1963-64 NBA season