1962 NBA playoffs

The 1962 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1961-62 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

The Celtics won their 4th straight title to become the first (and as of 2025, only) NBA team to do so. Boston's Game 7 victory occurred in OT, with Bill Russell tying his own Finals record with 40 rebounds.

This was the second NBA Finals played between the Celtics and Lakers, but it was the first one the Lakers played in since they moved to Los Angeles.

Though the NBA has existed since 1947, this is the earliest NBA Finals played between two teams that still reside in their present (2022) locations.

This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers/Nationals winning five of the first eight meetings.

This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with both teams splitting the first six meetings. (It would also be Detroit's last playoff series victory for fourteen years.)

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first two meetings.

This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning seven of the first eight meetings.