1961–62 NBA season

Infobox sports season
title =1961–62 NBA season
league =National Basketball Association
sport =Basketball
season =Regular season
season_champ =Boston Celtics
MVP =flagicon|USA Bill Russell (Boston)
MVP_link =NBA MVP
top_scorer =flagicon|USA Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia)
playoffs =Playoffs
playoffs_link =1962 NBA Playoffs
conf1 =Eastern
conf1_link =Eastern Conference (NBA)
conf1_champ =Boston Celtics
conf1_runner-up =Philadelphia Warriors
conf2 =Western
conf2_link =Western Conference (NBA)
conf2_champ =Los Angeles Lakers
conf2_runner-up =Detroit Pistons
finals =Finals
finals_link =1962 NBA Finals
finals_champ =Boston Celtics
finals_runner-up =Los Angeles Lakers
seasonslist =List of NBA seasons
seasonslistnames =NBA
prevseason_link =1960–61 NBA season
prevseason_year =1960–61
nextseason_link =1962–63 NBA season
nextseason_year =1962–63The 1961–62 NBA season was the 16th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 4th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

Notable occurrences

* The Chicago Packers enter the league, bringing the number of teams to nine.
* The NBA schedule was expanded for the third consecutive season. This time it went from 79 games per team, to 80.
* The 1962 NBA All-Star Game was played in St. Louis, Missouri, with the West beating the East 150-130. Local favorite Bob Pettit wins the game's MVP award.
* In a game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain makes history by scoring 100 points in the Philadelphia Warriors 169-147 win over the New York Knicks. It still stands as one of the greatest individual feats in sports history. Chamberlain would go on to average 50 points per game this season, another record.
* This year witnessed the first and only occurrence of a player averaging a triple-double throughout a season when Oscar Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 11.4 assists, and 12.5 rebounds per game.
* This would the last season of the NBA on NBC, however it would return in 1990.

Final standings

Eastern Division

Note: Prior to the 1969-70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.

NBA awards

*Most Valuable Player: Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
*Rookie of the Year: Walt Bellamy, Chicago Zephyrs

*All-NBA First Team:
**Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks
**Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers
**Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals
**Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers
**Wilt Chamberlain, San Francisco Warriors

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