1965 NBA Playoffs

The 1965 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1964-1965 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to one in the NBA Finals.

The Celtics won their seventh consecutive, and eighth overall, NBA championship, and handed the Lakers their fourth straight Finals defeat in the process. The Lakers-Celtics rivalry was dominated by Boston in the 1960s, but then, the Celtics dominated the entire "league" in that decade.

The 1965 playoffs marked the first postseason appearance for the Baltimore Bullets, who had begun play in the 1961-62 season as the Chicago Packers. Their first-round defeat of the St. Louis Hawks was their first playoff series win, obviously.

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1= Division Semifinals
RD2= Division Finals
RD3= NBA Finals
group1=Western Division
group2=Eastern Division

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=
RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=
RD1-score2=

RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3=Baltimore
RD1-score3=3
RD1-seed4=2
RD1-team4=St. Louis
RD1-score4=1

RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=
RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=
RD1-score6=

RD1-seed7=3
RD1-team7=Philadelphia
RD1-score7=3
RD1-seed8=2
RD1-team8=Cincinnati
RD1-score8=1

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=L.A. Lakers
RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=3
RD2-team2=Baltimore
RD2-score2=2

RD2-seed3=1
RD2-team3=Boston
RD2-score3=4
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Philadelphia
RD2-score4=3

RD3-seed1=W1
RD3-team1=L.A. Lakers
RD3-score1=1
RD3-seed2=E1
RD3-team2=Boston
RD3-score2=4

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1965.html Basketball-Reference.com's 1965 NBA Playoffs page]