1968 NBA Playoffs
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The 1968 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1967-1968 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to two in the NBA Finals.
The Celtics won their 10th NBA championship, first under player/coach Bill Russell after the retirement of Red Auerbach.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics became the first team in NBA history to rally from a 3 games to 1 deficit to win a series, as they knocked off the defending champion Philadelphia 76ers in 7. In the West, The Lakers swept the San Francisco Warriors 4 games to none.
It was the first time since 1954 that the top team in a conference failed to make it to the conference finals; from 1955 to 1967 the league had given the regular-season conference champion a first-round bye.
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | St. Louis | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | San Francisco | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | San Francisco | 0 | |||||||||||
| Western Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| W2 | L.A. Lakers | 2 | |||||||||||
| E2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | New York | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||
| Eastern Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Detroit | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
