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1959 NBA Finals

1959 basketball championship series

Bob Cousy (1971) Bill Russell (1975) Bill Sharman (1976, player/2004, coach) Tom Heinsohn (1986, player/2015, coach) Frank Ramsey (1982) Sam Jones (1984) K. C. Jones (1989) Lakers: Vern Mikkelsen (1995) Elgin Baylor (1977) Coaches: Red Auerbach (1969) John Kundla (1995)

The 1959 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1958–59 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1959 NBA playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. It was Boston's third trip to the NBA Finals and Minneapolis's sixth. This was the first Finals meeting in the history of the Celtics-Lakers rivalry, marking the start of the storied rivalry between the two franchises.

The Celtics swept the Lakers 4–0. This was the start of the streak of the Celtics' eight consecutive championships, from 1959 to 1966. To date, this is the most recent time that an NBA team from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area appeared in an NBA Finals, as well as the second time in three years (1957) a team with a losing record made the NBA Finals. This would be the most recent occurrence of a team with a losing record making the NBA Finals until 1981.

Series summary

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	April 4	Boston Celtics	118–115 (1–0)	Minneapolis Lakers
Game 2	April 5	Boston Celtics	128–108 (2–0)	Minneapolis Lakers
Game 3	April 7	Minneapolis Lakers	110–123 (0–3)	Boston Celtics
Game 4	April 9	Minneapolis Lakers	113–118 (0–4)	Boston Celtics

Celtics win series 4–0

Team rosters

Boston Celtics

Red Auerbach

Minneapolis Lakers

John Kundla

Boxscores

Vern Mikkelsen played his last NBA game as the Celtics completed the sweep.

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