By the time the 1962 championship came around the entire NBA knew that they were simply living in the Boston Celtics‘ world. The Celtics were fresh off of a three peat and they were not going to stop there.
This may have been one of this eras Celtics’ most challenging playoff runs. The Celtics needed 7 games to win both the division finals and the NBA finals and that finals victory was one of the greater moments in the history of the league’s greatest and longest lasting rivalry.
Before the Celtics could battle for yet another championship, they first had to get through the Philadelphia Warriors.