1962 NBA Playoffs

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The 1962 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1961-1962 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three in the NBA Finals.

The Celtics won their fourth consecutive championship, becoming the first (and as of 2006, only) NBA team ever to do so. The Celtics game seven victory occurred in overtime, with Boston's Bill Russell tying his own NBA finals record with 40 rebounds.

This was the second NBA Finals series played between the Celtics and Lakers, though it was the first one the Lakers played in since the franchised moved to Los Angeles.

Though the NBA has been around since 1947, this is the earliest NBA Finals played between two teams that still reside in their present (2007) locations.


  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals NBA Finals
                           
   
  1  L.A. Lakers 4  
Western Conference
    3  Detroit 2  
3  Detroit 3
  2  Cincinnati 1  
    W1  L.A. Lakers 3
  E1  Boston 4
     
   
1  Boston 4
Eastern Conference
    2  Philadelphia 3  
3  Syracuse 2
  2  Philadelphia 3  


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