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1954–55 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 30, 1954 – March 14, 1955 March 15–27, 1955 (Playoffs) March 31 – April 10, 1955 (Finals) |
Number of games | 72 |
Number of teams | 8 (9) note |
TV partner(s) | NBC |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Frank Selvy |
Picked by | Baltimore Bullets |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Fort Wayne Pistons |
Top scorer | Neil Johnston ( Philadelphia) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Syracuse Nationals |
Eastern runners-up | Boston Celtics |
Western champions | Fort Wayne Pistons |
Western runners-up | Minneapolis Lakers |
Finals | |
Champions | Syracuse Nationals |
Runners-up | Fort Wayne Pistons |
The 1954–55 NBA season was the ninth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Syracuse Nationals winning the NBA Championship, beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
Offseason | ||
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Team | 1953–54 coach | 1954–55 coach |
Fort Wayne Pistons | Paul Birch | Charles Eckman |
In-season | ||
Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
N/A |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Syracuse Nationals | 43 | 29 | .597 | – | 25–7 | 10–17 | 8–5 | 21–15 |
x- New York Knicks | 38 | 34 | .528 | 5 | 17–9 | 8–17 | 13–8 | 15–21 |
x- Boston Celtics | 36 | 36 | .500 | 7 | 21–5 | 4–22 | 11–9 | 19–17 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 33 | 39 | .458 | 10 | 14–5 | 6–20 | 13–14 | 17–19 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 43 | 29 | .597 | – | 21–6 | 9–14 | 13–9 | 28–8 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 40 | 32 | .556 | 3 | 18–6 | 10–14 | 12–12 | 18–18 |
x- Rochester Royals | 29 | 43 | .403 | 14 | 17–11 | 4–19 | 8–13 | 14–22 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 26 | 46 | .361 | 17 | 6–11 | 9–16 | 11–19 | 14–22 |
x – clinched playoff spot
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
E1 | Syracuse* | 3 | |||||||||||
E3 | Boston | 2 | E3 | Boston | 2 | ||||||||
E2 | New York | 1 | E1 | Syracuse* | 4 | ||||||||
W1 | Fort Wayne* | 3 | |||||||||||
W1 | Fort Wayne* | 3 | |||||||||||
W3 | Rochester | 1 | W2 | Minneapolis | 1 | ||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 2 | |||||||||||
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points | Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 1,631 |
Rebounds | Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 1,085 |
Assists | Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics | 557 |
FG% | Larry Foust | Fort Wayne Pistons | .487 |
FT% | Bill Sharman | Boston Celtics | .897 |
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.