The 1968 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1967-68 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
The Celtics won their 10th NBA title, first under player/coach Bill Russell after Red Auerbach's retirement.
In the Eastern Division Finals, the Celtics became the first team in NBA history to rally from a 3-1 series deficit to win, as they knocked off the defending champion 76ers in 7. In the West, the Lakers swept the Warriors in 4 games.
It was the first time since 1954 that the top team in a division failed to make the Division Finals; from 1955–1966 the league gave the regular-season division champion a first-round bye.
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | St. Louis | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | San Francisco | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | San Francisco | 0 | |||||||||||
| Western Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| W2 | L.A. Lakers | 2 | |||||||||||
| E2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | New York | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||
| Eastern Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Detroit | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
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