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1964 basketball championship series

1964 NBA finals

Team	Coach	Wins
Boston Celtics	Red Auerbach	4
San Francisco Warriors	Alex Hannum	1

Dates

April 18—26

Hall of Famers

Celtics:
John Havlicek (1984)
Tom Heinsohn (2015)
K. C. Jones (1989)
Sam Jones (1984)
Clyde Lovellette (1988)
Frank Ramsey (1982)
Bill Russell (1975)
Satch Sanders (2011)
Warriors:
Wilt Chamberlain (1979)
Guy Rodgers (2014)
Nate Thurmond (1985)
Coaches:
Red Auerbach (1969)
Alex Hannum (1998)
Officials:
Mendy Rudolph (2007)
Earl Strom (1995)

Eastern finals

Celtics defeated Royals, 4–1

Western finals

Warriors defeated Hawks, 4–3

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The 1964 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1964 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1963–64 season. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion San Francisco Warriors and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. This was the Celtics' eighth straight trip to the championship series, as they won the series over the Warriors, 4–1, securing their sixth consecutive NBA title.

This was the first time Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain faced off in the NBA Finals; they would do so once again in 1969. This was also the first meeting between the Celtics and Warriors in the NBA Finals; they would meet each other again in 2022 and the Warriors won the series in 6 games.

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	April 18	Boston Celtics	108–96 (1–0)	San Francisco Warriors
Game 2	April 20	Boston Celtics	124–101 (2–0)	San Francisco Warriors
Game 3	April 22	San Francisco Warriors	115–91 (1–2)	Boston Celtics
Game 4	April 24	San Francisco Warriors	95–98 (1–3)	Boston Celtics
Game 5	April 26	Boston Celtics	105–99 (4–1)	San Francisco Warriors

San Francisco Warriors 96, Boston Celtics 108
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 15–32, 25–22, 32–29
Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 22 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 23 Asts: Guy Rodgers 8		Pts: Sam Jones 28 Rebs: Bill Russell 25 Asts: K. C. Jones 7
Boston leads series, 1–0

San Francisco Warriors 101, Boston Celtics 124
Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 21–31, 25–36, 33–26
Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 32 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 25 Asts: Phillips, Rodgers 4 each		Pts: Sam Jones 31 Rebs: Bill Russell 24 Asts: Bill Russell 9
Boston leads series, 2–0

Boston Celtics 91, San Francisco Warriors 115
Scoring by quarter: 21–40, 22–27, 21–23, 27–25
Pts: John Havlicek 22 Rebs: Bill Russell 32 Asts: K. C. Jones 8		Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 35 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 25 Asts: Guy Rodgers 7
Boston leads series, 2–1

Boston Celtics 98, San Francisco Warriors 95
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 23–20, 36–20, 22–31
Pts: Tom Heinsohn 25 Rebs: Bill Russell 19 Asts: K. C. Jones 5		Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 27 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 38 Asts: Guy Rodgers 6
Boston leads series, 3–1

San Francisco Warriors 99, Boston Celtics 105
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 17–23, 30–29, 28–31
Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 30 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 27 Asts: Guy Rodgers 7		Pts: Tom Heinsohn 19 Rebs: Bill Russell 26 Asts: Bill Russell 6
Boston wins series, 4–1

v t e Boston Celtics 1963–64 NBA champions
4 Lovellette 6 Russell 12 Naulls 15 Heinsohn 16 Sanders 17 Havlicek 18 Loscutoff 20 Siegfried 21 McCarthy 23 Ramsey 24 S. Jones 25 K. Jones
Head coach: Auerbach
Regular season Playoffs

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Series summary

Game summaries

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Team rosters

Boston Celtics

San Francisco Warriors

See also

References

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