The 1957 NBA World Championship Series was the

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of the 1956–57 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1957 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion

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and the Eastern Division champion

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. This was the first trip to the Finals for each team, the first Finals in which both teams competing were making their first appearances since

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. Red Auerbach became the first head coach to have taken two separate teams to the NBA Finals, having done so with Washington in

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. The Celtics won the series over the Hawks, 4–3. It remains the only Game 7 in NBA history to be decided in double-overtime.

Game summaries

''Celtics win series 4–3''

Team rosters

Boston Celtics

St. Louis Hawks

Records

Celtics center

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set a rookie record for rebounds in a single NBA finals game with 32 in game 7, and averaged an NBA finals rookie record of 22.9 rebounds per game for the entire series.

References

External links

NBA History
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