The 1965 NBA was the seventh title for the Boston Celtics. In the grand final, they had no trouble defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, where the Greens won the first two games, and after a hiatus from a loss in Los Angeles, they finished the job on a fast track (4-1)

Boston Celtics
*KC Jones – 11.4p, 6.6a, 2.6r
*S. Jones – 27.8p, 4.8r, 2.6a
*Sanders – 13.8p, 8.0r, 2.0a
*Havlicek – 18.2p, 5.6r, 2.2a
*Russell – 17.8p, 25.0r, 5.8a
Heinsohn – 11.4p, 6.4r, 1.8a
Naulls – 9.6p, 4.2r, 1.0a
Siegfried – 7.8p, 2.4a, 1.6r
Thompson – 3.6p, 4.0r. (3)
Bonham – 3.3p. (3)
Counts – 2.3p, 3.0r. (3)

Angeles Lakers
*Hazzard – 8.8p, 5.2a, 3.0r
*West – 33.8p, 5.6r, 3.4a
*LaRusso – 14.6p, 6.8r, 2.4a
*Ellis – 17.8p, 11.0r
*Wiley – 7.6p, 17.8r, 2.0a
Barnett – 14.0p, 3.0r, 2.2a
Nelson – 7.2p, 5.4r, 1.4a
King – 4.2p, 2.0r, 1.4a
Imhoff – 1.4p, 2.4r
McGill – 3.5p, 3.0r, 1.0a. (2)

To get to the final they beat…
Boston Celtics – Philadelphia Sixers (4-3)
Angeles Lakers – Baltimore Bullets (4-2)