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1956 NBA playoffs

Postseason tournament

Field	Value
title	NBA playoffs
year	1956
season	[1955–56](1955-56-nba-season)
dates	March 15 – April 7, 1956
num_teams	6
winners	Philadelphia Warriors
count	2
second	Fort Wayne Pistons
semifinal1	St. Louis Hawks
semifinal2	Syracuse Nationals
prev_season	[1955](1955-nba-playoffs)
next_season	[1957](1957-nba-playoffs)

The 1956 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1955–56 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Western Conference champion Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.

It was the Warriors' second NBA title; their first was in 1947 back when the NBA was known as the BAA. They would have to wait until 1975 to taste championship gold again; by that time they had moved to the Bay Area and become the Golden State Warriors. Philadelphia's later team, the Philadelphia 76ers, would win the title in 1967.

This was the Pistons' second straight trip to the NBA Finals, but they would not make another appearance until 1988 as the Detroit Pistons. No team from Indiana would return to the NBA Finals until the Indiana Pacers did so in 2000.

The play-in game between the Syracuse Nationals and the New York Knicks was the last play-in game to determine a playoff spot until 2020.

Bracket

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| RD3-seed1=E1 | RD3-team1=Philadelphia* | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2=W1 | RD3-team2=Fort Wayne* | RD3-score2=1 |* Division winner |Bold Series winner |Italic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals}}

Division Tiebreakers

Eastern Division Tiebreaker

[[New York Knicks]] @ [[Syracuse Nationals]]

Western Division Tiebreaker

[[Minneapolis Lakers]] @ [[St. Louis Hawks]]

Division Semifinals

Eastern Division Semifinals

(2) [[Boston Celtics]] vs. (3) [[Syracuse Nationals]]

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Nationals winning three of the first four meetings.

Syracuse leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series

Western Division Semifinals

(2) [[Minneapolis Lakers]] vs. (3) [[St. Louis Hawks]]

George Mikan’s final NBA game.

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Division Finals

Eastern Division Finals

(1) [[Philadelphia Warriors]] vs. (3) [[Syracuse Nationals]]

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers/Nationals winning the first three meetings.

Philadelphia 76ers/ Syracuse Nationals leads 3–0 in all-time playoff series

Western Division Finals

(1) [[Fort Wayne Pistons]] vs. (3) [[St. Louis Hawks]]

Pistons become first team to come back after from a 2–0 deficit in NBA playoffs.

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

NBA Finals: (E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W1) Fort Wayne Pistons

Main article: 1956 NBA Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

References

(August 11, 2020). "How the Blazers, Grizzlies, Spurs and Suns make the West play-in".
"Team Rivalry Finder — Boston Celtics versus Philadelphia 76ers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Atlanta Hawks versus Los Angeles Lakers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Golden State Warriors versus Philadelphia 76ers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Atlanta Hawks versus Detroit Pistons (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Detroit Pistons versus Golden State Warriors (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.

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