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1954 NBA Finals

1954 basketball championship series

George Mikan (1959) Jim Pollard (1978) Clyde Lovellette (1988) Vern Mikkelsen (1995) Slater Martin (1982) Nationals: Dolph Schayes (1973) Earl Lloyd (2003) Coaches: John Kundla (1995) Al Cervi (1985, player)

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. 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.

This was the last major professional sports championship won by a Minneapolis-St. Paul-based team until the Minnesota Twins won the 1987 World Series.

Team rosters

Minneapolis Lakers

Syracuse Nationals

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

Paul Seymour hits the game-winner from 43 feet with 7 seconds left.

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

"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.

References

"NBA Division Playoffs Open Tonight". ''The Washington Post''. March 16, 1954.

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