1954 NBA Finals

1954 NBA Finals

Team Coach Wins Minneapolis Lakers John Kundla 4 Syracuse Nationals Al Cervi 3
Dates:	March 31 - April 12
Referees:
Game 1:
Game 2:
Game 3:
Game 4:
Eastern Finals:	Nationals defeated Celtics, 2-0
Western Finals:	Lakers defeated Royals, 2-1
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Contents 1 Series Summary 2 Team rosters 3 See also 4 External links

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

Team rosters

Minneapolis Lakers 1953-54 NBA Champions 12 Holstein | 15 Schnittker | 16 Harrison | 17 Pollard | 18 Saul | 19 Mikkelsen | 20 Skoog | 22 Martin | 34 Lovellette | 99 Mikan | Coach Kundla

Syracuse Nationals 1953-54 Eastern Conference Champions 3 King | 4 Schayes | 5 Seymour | 8 Osterkorn | 11 Lloyd | 12 Masino | 15 Kenville | 16 Lavoy | 17 Neal | Coach Cervi

See also

• 1954 NBA Playoffs

External links

• NBA History

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