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Eighth NBA season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1953–54 NBA season was the eighth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning their 5th NBA Championship in 6 years, beating the Syracuse Nationals 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. It was also the final time the Lakers would win an NBA Championship before the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1960.
1953–54 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 30, 1953 – March 14, 1954 March 16–28, 1954 (Playoffs) March 31 – April 12, 1954 (Finals) |
Number of games | 72 |
Number of teams | 9 |
TV partner(s) | DuMont |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Ray Felix |
Picked by | Baltimore Bullets |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Minneapolis Lakers |
Top scorer | Neil Johnston (Philadelphia) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Syracuse Nationals |
Eastern runners-up | Boston Celtics |
Western champions | Minneapolis Lakers |
Western runners-up | Rochester Royals |
Finals | |
Champions | Minneapolis Lakers |
Runners-up | Syracuse Nationals |
Offseason | ||
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Team | 1952–53 coach | 1953–54 coach |
N/A | ||
In-season | ||
Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
Milwaukee Hawks | Andrew Levane | Red Holzman |
1953-54 National Basketball Association | ||||
Division | Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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Eastern | Baltimore Bullets | Baltimore, Maryland | Baltimore Coliseum | 4,500 |
Boston Celtics | Boston, Massachusetts | Boston Garden | 13,909 | |
New York Knicks | New York, New York | Madison Square Garden | 18,496 | |
Philadelphia Warriors | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Municipal Auditorium | 12,000 | |
Syracuse Nationals | Syracuse, New York | Onondaga War Memorial | 6,230 | |
Western | Fort Wayne Pistons | Fort Wayne, Indiana | War Memorial Coliseum | 10,000 |
Milwaukee Hawks | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Milwaukee Arena | 10,783 | |
Minneapolis Lakers | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Minneapolis Auditorium | 10,000 | |
Rochester Royals | Rochester, New York | Edgerton Park Arena | 4,200 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-New York Knicks | 44 | 28 | .611 | – | 18–8 | 15–13 | 11–7 | 24–16 |
x-Boston Celtics | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 17–6 | 10–19 | 15–5 | 25–15 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 26–6 | 11–17 | 5–7 | 21–19 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 29 | 43 | .403 | 15 | 10–9 | 6–16 | 13–18 | 19–21 |
Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 56 | .222 | 28 | 12–18 | 0–22 | 4–16 | 11–29 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x-Minneapolis Lakers | 46 | 26 | .639 | – | 20–4 | 13–15 | 13–7 | 19–13 |
x-Rochester Royals | 44 | 28 | .611 | 2 | 18–10 | 12–15 | 14–3 | 22–10 |
x-Fort Wayne Pistons | 40 | 32 | .556 | 6 | 19–8 | 11–17 | 10–7 | 17–15 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 21 | 51 | .292 | 25 | 11–14 | 5–17 | 6–20 | 6–26 |
x – clinched playoff spot
Division Round Robin Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
Eastern Division | |||||||||||||
E1 | New York* | 0–4 | |||||||||||
E1 | Syracuse | 2 | |||||||||||
E2 | Boston | 2–2 | |||||||||||
E2 | Boston | 0 | |||||||||||
E3 | Syracuse | 4–0 | |||||||||||
E1 | Syracuse | 3 | |||||||||||
Western Division | W1 | Minneapolis* | 4 | ||||||||||
W1 | Minneapolis* | 3–0 | |||||||||||
W1 | Minneapolis* | 2 | |||||||||||
W2 | Rochester | 2–1 | |||||||||||
W2 | Rochester | 1 | |||||||||||
W3 | Fort Wayne | 0–4 | |||||||||||
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points | Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 1,759 |
Rebounds | Harry Gallatin | New York Knicks | 1,098 |
Assists | Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics | 518 |
FG% | Ed Macauley | Boston Celtics | .486 |
FT% | Bill Sharman | Boston Celtics | .844 |
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.
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