1953 NBA Playoffs

The 1953 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1952-1953 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Minneapolis Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks, four games to one in the NBA Finals.

The Lakers won their fourth championship in the last five years, and for the second consecutive season defeated the Knicks in the Finals to complete their run.

The Indianapolis Olympians played their very last game, a Game 2 loss to the Lakers, in the first round of the 1953 playoffs. They would fold at the conclusion of the season, and major professional basketball would not return to Indianapolis until the Indiana Pacers were founded for the inaugural 1967-68 season of the American Basketball Association.

The Boston Celtics earned their first playoff series victory in the 1953 playoffs with a two-game sweep of the Syracuse Nationals; they would have their first two (of 17) NBA championships by the end of the decade.

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1= Division Semifinals
RD2= Division Finals
RD3= NBA Finals
group1=Western Division
group2=Eastern Division

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Minneapolis
RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=Indianapolis
RD1-score2=0

RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3=Fort Wayne
RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4=2
RD1-team4=Rochester
RD1-score4=1

RD1-seed5=1
RD1-team5=New York
RD1-score5=2
RD1-seed6=4
RD1-team6=Baltimore
RD1-score6=0

RD1-seed7=3
RD1-team7=Boston
RD1-score7=2
RD1-seed8=2
RD1-team8=Syracuse
RD1-score8=0

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

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

RD3-seed1=W1
RD3-team1=Minneapolis
RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2=E1
RD3-team2=New York
RD3-score2=1

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1953.html Basketball-Reference.com's 1953 NBA Playoffs page]