date | Home | score | Away | | | Boston Celtics (E-) 3-1 St. Louis Hawks (W-) | Sun, Apr 9, 1961 | Boston Celtics | 119-104 | St. Louis Hawks | | Sat, Apr 8, 1961 | Boston Celtics | 120-124 | St. Louis Hawks | | Wed, Apr 5, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | 108-116 | Boston Celtics | | Sun, Apr 2, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | 95-129 | Boston Celtics | |
| Boston Celtics (E-) 4-1 Syracuse Nationals | Sun, Mar 26, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | 101-123 | Boston Celtics | | Sat, Mar 25, 1961 | Boston Celtics | 120-107 | Syracuse Nationals | | Thu, Mar 23, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | 110-133 | Boston Celtics | | Tue, Mar 21, 1961 | Boston Celtics | 98-115 | Syracuse Nationals | | Sun, Mar 19, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | 115-128 | Boston Celtics | | St. Louis Hawks (W-) 4-3 Los Angeles Lakers (W-) | Sat, Apr 1, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 103-105 | St. Louis Hawks | | Wed, Mar 29, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | 114-113ot | Los Angeles Lakers | | Mon, Mar 27, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 121-112 | St. Louis Hawks | | Sat, Mar 25, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | 118-117 | Los Angeles Lakers | | Fri, Mar 24, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | 112-118 | Los Angeles Lakers | | Wed, Mar 22, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 106-121 | St. Louis Hawks | | Tue, Mar 21, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 122-118 | St. Louis Hawks | |
| Syracuse Nationals (E-) 3-0 Philadelphia Warriors (W-) | Sat, Mar 18, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | 106-103 | Philadelphia Warriors | | Thu, Mar 16, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | 114-115 | Syracuse Nationals | | Tue, Mar 14, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | 115-107 | Philadelphia Warriors | | Los Angeles Lakers (W-) 3-2 Detroit Pistons | W-) | Sun, Mar 19, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | 120-137 | Los Angeles Lakers | | Sat, Mar 18, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 114-123 | Detroit Pistons | | Fri, Mar 17, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 113-124 | Detroit Pistons | | Wed, Mar 15, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | 118-127 | Los Angeles Lakers | | Tue, Mar 14, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | 102-120 | Los Angeles Lakers | |
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