NBA playoffs 1954-55: bracket and series

Division semifinals Eastern Division

• Boston CelticsCeltics (winner) 2 New York KnicksKnicks 1

  1. Game 1 · Tue, Mar 15 NYK 101 – 122 BOS
  2. Game 2 · Wed, Mar 16 BOS 95 – 102 NYK
  3. Game 3 · Sat, Mar 19 BOS 116 – 109 NYK

Division semifinals Western Division

• Minneapolis LakersLakers (winner) 2 Rochester RoyalsRoyals 1

  1. Game 1 · Wed, Mar 16 ROC 78 – 82 MNL
  2. Game 2 · Fri, Mar 18 MNL 92 – 94 ROC
  3. Game 3 · Sat, Mar 19 ROC 110 – 119 MNL

Division finals Eastern Division

• Syracuse NationalsNationals (winner) 3 Boston CelticsCeltics 1

  1. Game 1 · Tue, Mar 22 BOS 100 – 110 SYR
  2. Game 2 · Thu, Mar 24 BOS 110 – 116 SYR
  3. Game 3 · Sat, Mar 26 SYR 97 – 100 BOS
  4. Game 4 · Sun, Mar 27 SYR 110 – 94 BOS

Division finals Western Division

• Fort Wayne PistonsPistons (winner) 3 Minneapolis LakersLakers 1

  1. Game 1 · Sun, Mar 20 MNL 79 – 96 FTW
  2. Game 2 · Tue, Mar 22 MNL 97 – 98 FTW
  3. Game 3 · Wed, Mar 23 FTW 91 – 99 MNL
  4. Game 4 · Sun, Mar 27 FTW 105 – 96 MNL

Finals

• Syracuse NationalsNationals (winner) 4 Fort Wayne PistonsPistons 3

  1. Game 1 · Thu, Mar 31 FTW 82 – 86 SYR
  2. Game 2 · Sat, Apr 2 FTW 84 – 87 SYR
  3. Game 3 · Sun, Apr 3 SYR 89 – 96 FTW
  4. Game 4 · Tue, Apr 5 SYR 102 – 109 FTW
  5. Game 5 · Thu, Apr 7 SYR 71 – 74 FTW
  6. Game 6 · Sat, Apr 9 FTW 104 – 109 SYR
  7. Game 7 · Sun, Apr 10 FTW 91 – 92 SYR