1955 NBA Playoffs

1955 NBA Playoffs

The 1955 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1954-1955 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Syracuse Nationals defeating the Western Conference champion Fort 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 Division

RD1-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=2

RD1-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=1

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Fort Wayne
RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=2
RD2-team2=Minneapolis
RD2-score2=1

RD2-seed3=1
RD2-team3=Syracuse
RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Boston
RD2-score4=1

RD3-seed1=W1
RD3-team1=Fort Wayne
RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2=E1
RD3-team2=Syracuse
RD3-score2=4

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1955.html Basketball-Reference.com's 1955 NBA Playoffs page]


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