Boston Celtics
Series Flow
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Wins
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Losses
Regular Season
59–21
Win–Loss
Playoff Record
11–5
Win–Loss
Finals
0–0
vs San Francisco Warriors
Finals MVP
Russell
Bill
Boston Celtics
59–21San Francisco Warriors
48–32Wilt Chamberlain's Warriors had no answer for Russell's team defense.
Finals MVP
Bill Russell
#6 · Center
15.6
PPG
26.0
RPG
Russell vs. Wilt — Boston won easily. Russell's defensive system was unmatched.
7th championship in 8 seasons
Sam Jones
#24 · Guard
22.0
PPG
The Celtics' best scorer in the Finals — a champion eight times.
Wilt Chamberlain's Warriors had no answer for Russell's team defense.
Wilt Chamberlain
#13 · Center
29.0
PPG
25.0
RPG
The individual statistics are extraordinary. The team lost. This was the Russell-Wilt dynamic.
Boston Celtics
7th championship in 8 seasons
Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain — the defining individual rivalry of the 1960s. Russell always won. The 1964 Finals was a 4-1 Celtics victory over Wilt's Warriors.
Seven championships in eight seasons. The formula remained unchanged: Bill Russell's team defense beats individual excellence. Wilt Chamberlain could not overcome it.
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