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NBA1962 NBA Finals Game 7

CelticsVERSUSLakers

1962 NBA Finals Game 7 · Apr 18, 1962

Boston and Los Angeles played a winner-take-all Finals game packed with Hall of Fame talent and late drama.

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Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterBRBill Russell
StarterBCBob Cousy
StarterCBCarl Braun
StarterFRFrank Ramsey

Before the game

Spoiler-free context

Los Angeles had come within one win of ending Boston's run but lost Game 6 at home, sending the Finals back to the Garden. Baylor and West sought the Lakers' first title in Los Angeles while Russell pursued Boston's fourth straight.

  • The series was tied 3–3; the winner would take the championship.
  • The Lakers had never beaten the Celtics in a Finals series and had already lost two title series to them in Minneapolis.

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Epic Score

96

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★ 4.79

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Starter
GGGene Guarilia
Away starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterEBElgin Baylor
StarterFSFrank Selvy
StarterHJHowie Jolliff
StarterJWJerry West
StarterJKJim Krebs

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.