The 1954 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the

1954 NBA Playoffs The 1954 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1953–54 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Minneapolis Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Syracuse ...

, which concluded the

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(NBA)'s 1953–54 season. The Western Division champion

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faced the Eastern Division champion

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in a best-of-seven series with Minneapolis having home-court advantage. The Lakers won their third consecutive NBA championship and their fifth title in seven years dating from 1948, the club's final season as a member of the National Basketball League. Minneapolis won game one and the teams thereafter alternated victories, with the Lakers winning the decisive game by a seven-point margin at home. The seven games were played in thirteen days, beginning Wednesday, March 31 and concluding Monday, April 12. The entire postseason tournament spanned 28 days in which both Minneapolis and Syracuse played 13 games."NBA Division Playoffs Open Tonight". ''The Washington Post''. March 16, 1954.

Series summary

''Lakers win series 4–3''

Team rosters

Minneapolis Lakers

Syracuse Nationals

Television

Game two was the first NBA Finals contest to be carried live on national television, with the DuMont network providing the coverage. Game five was also aired by DuMont, featuring

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doing play-by-play and

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as the color analyst.

References

External links

1954 Finals
at NBA.com

at Basketball-Reference.com {{1953–54 NBA season by team National Basketball Association Finals

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