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1961 NBA Finals

1961 basketball championship series

Bob Cousy (1971) Bill Russell (1975) Bill Sharman (1976) Frank Ramsey (1982) Sam Jones (1984) Tom Heinsohn (1986 as player, 2015 as coach) K. C. Jones (1989) Satch Sanders (2011, contributor) Hawks: Bob Pettit (1971) Cliff Hagan (1978) Clyde Lovellette (1988) Lenny Wilkens (1989) Coaches: Red Auerbach (1969)

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 in North America. 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, and was the fifth meeting between teams from Boston and St. Louis for a major professional sports championship. It was also the Celtics' fifth straight trip to the championship series, and they won the series against the Hawks, 4–1.

As of , this remains the Hawks’The Hawks franchise relocated to Atlanta for the 1968–69 season. 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

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	April 2	Boston Celtics	129–95 (1–0)	St. Louis Hawks
Game 2	April 5	Boston Celtics	116–108 (2–0)	St. Louis Hawks
Game 3	April 8	St. Louis Hawks	124–120 (1–2)	Boston Celtics
Game 4	April 9	St. Louis Hawks	104–119 (1–3)	Boston Celtics
Game 5	April 11	Boston Celtics	121–112 (4–1)	St. Louis Hawks

Celtics win series 4–1

Team rosters

Boston Celtics

Red Auerbach

St. Louis Hawks

Box scores

In Bill Sharman's final NBA game, the Celtics closed out the championship.

References

Notes

References

"1960-61 NBA Season Summary", basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.

References

Flores Jr., Johnny. (May 21, 2019). "Boston & St. Louis meet for 11th time, only two to meet in NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL finals".

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