- 1955 NBA Playoffs
The 1955
NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of theNational Basketball Association 's 1954-1955 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference championSyracuse Nationals defeating the Western Conference championFort Wayne Pistons , four games to three in the NBA Finals.This was the only championship for the Nationals under that moniker; the franchise won its next title in 1967 as the
Philadelphia 76ers .For the Pistons, this was their first trip to the NBA Finals in franchise history; they would make a return trip the following year, but would not win their first championship until 1989 as the Detroit Pistons.
After experimenting with a
round robin playoff format the previous year, the NBA moved to a system in which the top team in each conference earned a first-round bye, giving them the right to start out in the conference finals. This system would remain in place until 1967, when the league changed to an eight-team, no-first-round-bye format.3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1= Division Semifinals
RD2= Division Finals
RD3= NBA Finals
group1=Western Division
group2=Eastern DivisionRD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=
RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=
RD1-score2=RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3=Rochester
RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=2
RD1-team4=Minneapolis
RD1-score4=2RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=
RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=
RD1-score6=RD1-seed7=3
RD1-team7=Boston
RD1-score7=2
RD1-seed8=2
RD1-team8=New York
RD1-score8=1RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Fort Wayne
RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=2
RD2-team2=Minneapolis
RD2-score2=1RD2-seed3=1
RD2-team3=Syracuse
RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Boston
RD2-score4=1RD3-seed1=W1
RD3-team1=Fort Wayne
RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2=E1
RD3-team2=Syracuse
RD3-score2=4External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1955.html Basketball-Reference.com's 1955 NBA Playoffs page]
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