The St. Louis Hawks defeated the Boston Celtics four games to two in the best-of-seven NBA Finals series to conclude the 1957-58 season. The 1958 season was the Hawks second consecutive appearance in the Finals. As of 2009, it marks the only championship the Hawks have won.

The Celtics entered the series as the defending champions, having defeated the Hawks in the 1957 NBA Finals. This Finals championship would be the last time the Celtics failed to win the title until 1967.

Alex Hannum, the Hawks coach, won the first of his two NBA championships. Between 1957 and 1969, Hannum was the only coach to win titles with a team other than the Celtics.

The Celtics had home-court advantage for the Finals. The Celtics won five of the nine regular-season meetings between the teams in 1957-58.

Team	Hawks	Celtics
Regular Season	41-31, 1st in Western Division	49-23, 1st in Eastern Division
Division Semifinals	Bye	Bye
Division Finals	Def. (2) Detroit Pistons, 4-1	Def. (3) Philadelphia Warriors, 4-1

The Celtics led by as many as 11 points in the second quarter, but went into halftime trailing. Boston battled back and took a three point lead into the fourth quarter before the Hawks quickly tied the game up. The two teams traded the lead before Bob Pettit gave the Hawks a four-point cushion in the final minute making the first of two free throws, then getting an offensive rebound and making a jumper off the second one. Bill Russell nearly sent the game into overtime, but following a jump ball, he couldn't get his game-tying attempt off in time.

Cliff Hagan scored 23 of his 33 points in the second half to lead all scorers, and Pettit finished with 30 points. He and Hagan were the only two Hawks in double-figures. Bob Cousy had 27 and Bill Sharman had 25 to lead the Celtics.

The Celtics dominated the game from the start leading by eight points after the first quarter and stretching the lead to 18 heading into the fourth quarter, en route to a Finals record of 136 points.

Bob Cousy led a balanced Celtics attack with 25 points. Boston had seven players in double figures, and all nine Celtics who played scored. Bill Russell and Bill Sharman each had 22 for the Celtics. Cliff Hagan had 37 to lead the Hawks, while Bob Pettit was limited to 19 points on 8 of 20 shooting.

The game was tied 49-49 when Bill Russell went down with a severe ankle injury early in the third quarter. The Hawks proceeded to outscore the Celtics 34-26 in the third quarter, and held off a Boston rally in the fourth quarter to earn a 3-point win.

With Russell out for Boston, Bob Pettit was able to operate more freely leading the Hawks with 32 points. Cliff Hagan added 18 points before fouling out. Frank Ramsey led the Celtics with 29 points before he also fouled out. Bill Sharman had 21 points. Russell scored 14 points before leaving the game with his injury, which prevented him from playing the next two games.

Slater Martin scored the first basket of the game for the Hawks, but that was the last time St. Louis led as Boston opened up a 25-16 lead at the end of the first quarter and led by as many as 14 in the first half The Celtics went on to grab an 11-point win.

Red Auerbach used multiple strategies to make up for the absence of Bill Russell, including using point guard Bob Cousy in the post. Cousy finished the game with 24 points, with 16points coming in the second quarter. Bill Sharman had 21 for the Celtics, who managed to out-rebound the Hawks despite not having Russell. Cliff Hagan had 27 points to lead the Hawks, who matched a playoff record by missing 22 free-throws.

Bob Pettit scored 33 points leading the Hawks to a big lead early, and helping them hold on in the final seconds. The Hawks led by double-digits for most of the game, but the Celtics cut the lead to five with a minute left. Frank Ramsey cut the lead to three with a tap-in basket and Boston got the ball back with 16 seconds left. Ramsey made a pair of free throws to cut the lead to one, but the Celtics couldn't force Slater Martin into a turnover and he clinched the game for the Hawks at the free throw line.

Martin added 25 points to Pettit's 33 to help pace the Hawks. Ramsey had 30 points to lead the Celtics, including 12 of Boston's first 15 points in the second quarter, helping keep the Celtics from being blown out early. Boston shot just 24 percent from the field in the first half.

The Celtics trailed by 10 points in the first half, but took a lead early in the fourth quarter. Bob Pettit scored 19 of his 50 points in the fourth quarter and put the Hawks ahead for good with 6:16 left. The Celtics pulled within one point on three separate occasions in the final six minutes, but Pettit put the Hawks back up by three each time.

After a Pettit tip-in put St. Louis up 110-107, Bill Sharman made a lay-up to pull Boston back within one with nine seconds left. Slater Martin dribbled out the clock clinching the championship for St. Louis.

Pettit's 50 points set a record for points scored in a regulation playoff game, breaking the mark of 47 points by George Mikan set in 1947. Pettit finished 19 of 34 from the field despite the return of Bill Russell, who played 20 minutes on a heavily taped ankle. Pettit finished the series averaging 29.3 PPG.

Sharman led the Celtics with 26 points. Frank Ramsey, who entered the game averaging 22 PPG for the series, was held to eight points.

When the NBA compilied its list of the 60 Greatest Playoff Moments to coincide with the league's 60th anniversary, this game was ranked No. 9 on the list.