It was a very intense final, with no team capable of winning two games in a row, and with the Knicks touching glory by winning the seventh and final game of the series (4-3). Willis Read, MVP of the final, and his team were able to overcome opposition from West and Chamberlain
The 1962 NBA was for the Boston Celtics, but they had to beat a bunch of Lakers who fought to the end of game seven. Even the Lakers got to be 3-2, but the Celtics won the last two games, the final one in Los Angeles
In the 1959 NBA, the Boston Celtics beat the Minneapolis Lakers in the final, sweeping aside their opponents 4-0. A first ring of many for the Greens, as this would be the first of up to eight in a row, and ten over the next eleven seasons
