1961_NBA_Finals

1961 NBA Finals

1961 NBA Finals

1961 basketball championship series

The 1961 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1961 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1960–61 season. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. This was the fourth and final World Championship Series meeting between the two teams. It was also Celtics' fifth straight trip to the championship series, and they won the series against the Hawks, 4–1.

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As of the 2022-23 season, this remains the Hawks franchise's[note 1] last appearance in the NBA Finals, the second-longest drought behind the Kings franchise who last played in the NBA Finals in 1951.

Series summary

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Celtics win series 4–1

Team rosters

Boston Celtics

St. Louis Hawks

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    The Hawks franchise relocated to Atlanta for the 1968–69 season.

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