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NBA1965 Eastern Division Finals Game 7

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1965 Eastern Division Finals Game 7 · Apr 15, 1965

Boston and Philadelphia played a razor-close Game 7 between two giants of the 1960s NBA.

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Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterBRBill Russell
StarterJHJohn Havlicek
StarterKJK.C. Jones
StarterLSLarry Siegfried
StarterSJSam Jones
Away starting five
Philadelphia 76ers
StarterABAl Bianchi
StarterCWChet Walker
StarterDGDave Gambee
StarterHGHal Greer
StarterJKJohnny Kerr

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.

Before the game

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Wilt Chamberlain's midseason arrival in Philadelphia created the strongest challenge to Boston's bid for a seventh straight title. The 76ers pushed the defending champions to a deciding game in the Garden with the league's defining dynasty at its most vulnerable.

  • The series was tied 3–3, with a Finals berth and Boston's dynasty streak at stake.
  • Philadelphia had not reached the Finals since moving from Syracuse, while Boston had won every championship since 1959.

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