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1965 NBA Finals

1965 basketball championship series

John Havlicek (1984) Tom Heinsohn (1986, player - 2015, coach) K.C. Jones (1989) Sam Jones (1984) Bill Russell (1975, player - 2021, coach) Satch Sanders (2011, contributor) John Thompson (1999, coach) Lakers: Dick Barnett (2024) Elgin Baylor (1977; did not play) Jerry West (1980) Coaches: Red Auerbach (1969) Officials: Mendy Rudolph (2007) Earl Strom (1995) The 1965 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1965 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1964–65 season. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. The Celtics made their ninth-straight trip to the championship finals after beating the Philadelphia 76ers in a highly contested Eastern Division Finals that ended on John Havlicek's steal of the ball. The Lakers made it to their third Finals in four seasons after beating Baltimore in six games, though it came at a cost as Elgin Baylor suffered a knee injury that would sideline him for the rest of the playoffs. The Celtics won the series over the Lakers, 4–1. It would be the last NBA Finals that the Celtics played in that didn't go six or seven games until 2024.

Team rosters

Boston Celtics

Red Auerbach

Los Angeles Lakers

Fred Schaus

Series summary

The Celtics' average margin of victory in this series was 12.6 points, as they averaged 123.4 points a game, in contrast to the Lakers' 110.8 points per game.

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	April 18	Boston Celtics	142–110 (1–0)	Los Angeles Lakers
Game 2	April 19	Boston Celtics	129–123 (2–0)	Los Angeles Lakers
Game 3	April 21	Los Angeles Lakers	126–105 (1–2)	Boston Celtics
Game 4	April 23	Los Angeles Lakers	99–112 (1–3)	Boston Celtics
Game 5	April 25	Boston Celtics	129–96 (4–1)	Los Angeles Lakers

Celtics win series 4–1

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Box scores

Tom Heinsohn's final NBA game.

Player statistics

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References

"NBA History: 1965 Finals". NBA.com.
"1965 NBA Finals summary". basketball-reference.com.

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