1954 NBA Finals

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The 1954 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1954 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1953–54 season. The Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers faced the Eastern Division champion Syracuse Nationals in a best-of-seven series with Minneapolis having home-court advantage.[1] The Lakers won their third consecutive NBA championship and fifth title in six years dating from 1949.

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.[1][2]

Team rosters

Minneapolis Lakers

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Head coach
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John Kundla

Legend
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Syracuse Nationals

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Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
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Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Billy Kenville Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". December 1, 1930 St. Bonaventure
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". George King Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". August 16, 1928 Charleston (WV)
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Bob Lavoy Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". June 29, 1926 Western Kentucky
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Earl Lloyd Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". April 3, 1928 West Virginia State
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Al Masino Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". February 5, 1928 Canisius
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Jim Neal Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". May 21, 1930 Wofford
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Head coach
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Al Cervi

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Series summary

Game Date Home team Result Road team
Game 1 March 31 Minneapolis Lakers 79–68 (1–0) Syracuse Nationals
Game 2 April 3 Minneapolis Lakers 60–62 (1–1) Syracuse Nationals
Game 3 April 4 Syracuse Nationals 67–81 (1–2) Minneapolis Lakers
Game 4 April 8 Syracuse Nationals 80–69 (2–2) Minneapolis Lakers
Game 5 April 10 Syracuse Nationals 73–84 (2–3) Minneapolis Lakers
Game 6 April 11 Minneapolis Lakers 63–65 (3–3) Syracuse Nationals
Game 7 April 12 Minneapolis Lakers 87–80 (4–3) Syracuse Nationals

Lakers win series 4–3

Box scores

March 31
Syracuse Nationals 68, Minneapolis Lakers 79
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 18–24, 19–22, 18–23
Pts: Bob Lavoy 15
Rebs: Wally Osterkorn 8
Asts: Paul Seymour 6		 Pts: Clyde Lovellette 16
Rebs: George Mikan 10
Asts: Slater Martin 6
Minneapolis leads series, 1–0
Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 4,579
Referees: Charles Eckman, Joe Serafin

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April 3
Syracuse Nationals 62, Minneapolis Lakers 60
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 13–12, 20–11, 14–22
Pts: Wally Osterkorn 20
Rebs: Wally Osterkorn 17
Asts: Lavoy, Seymour 3 each		 Pts: George Mikan 15
Rebs: George Mikan 15
Asts: Vern Mikkelsen 3
Series tied, 1–1
Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 6,277
Referees: Charles Eckman, Joe Serafin

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  • Paul Seymour hits the game-winner from 43 feet with 7 seconds left.
April 4
Minneapolis Lakers 81, Syracuse Nationals 67
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 14–17, 20–11, 23–23
Pts: George Mikan 30
Rebs: George Mikan 15
Asts: Slater Martin 7		 Pts: Bob Lavoy 18
Rebs: Bob Lavoy 15
Asts: Paul Seymour 7
Minneapolis leads series, 2–1

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April 8
Minneapolis Lakers 69, Syracuse Nationals 80
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 20–18, 18–21, 17–23
Pts: Whitey Skoog 16
Rebs: Jim Pollard 9
Asts: Slater Martin 6		 Pts: Paul Seymour 25
Rebs: Bob Lavoy 11
Asts: Paul Seymour 6
Series tied, 2–2

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April 10
Minneapolis Lakers 84, Syracuse Nationals 73
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–14, 21–21, 22–21
Pts: Vern Mikkelsen 21
Rebs: Mikan, Lovellette 13 each
Asts: Slater Martin 7		 Pts: Dolph Schayes 17
Rebs: Earl Lloyd 8
Asts: Paul Seymour 5
Minneapolis leads series, 3–2

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April 11
Syracuse Nationals 65, Minneapolis Lakers 63
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 19–16, 16–6, 11–14
Pts: Paul Seymour 16 Pts: George Mikan 30
Series tied, 3–3
Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 6,776
Referees: Charles Eckman, Joe Serafin

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April 12
Syracuse Nationals 80, Minneapolis Lakers 87
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 18–21, 22–27, 26–22
Pts: Dolph Schayes 18 Pts: Jim Pollard 21
Minneapolis wins series, 4–3
Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 7,274
Referees: Charles Eckman, Joe Serafin

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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 Marty Glickman doing play-by-play and Lindsey Nelson as the color analyst.

References

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  1. ↑ a b "1953–54 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
      Select "Previous Season" from the heading for 1952–53, and so on. Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on.
  2. ↑ "NBA Division Playoffs Open Tonight". The Washington Post. March 16, 1954.

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External links

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