Round Robin
Division
Finals
NYK 0
BOS 2
NYK 0
SYR 2
MIN 1
ROC 0
ROC 2
FW 0
BOS 0
SYR 2
MIN 2
ROC 1
MIN 4
SYR 3
Champ
MIN
1953-54 NBA Champion Minneapolis Lakers
Within each division, the top three teams in the season standings played a double round robin, comprising one home game in each city for each pair of teams, in order to eliminate one of the three participants. A three-way tie with two wins each would have secured home-court advantage in the Division Finals for New York or Minneapolis, who finished first in the season standings, against an opponent to be determined by one further game played with the season runner-up as host

Round Robin

The top 3 teams in each Division played a double round-robin in the Semifinals.
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/16 Fort Wayne 75-82 Rochester ROC 1-0
3/21 Rochester 89-71 Fort Wayne ROC 2-0
3/17 Rochester 88-109 Minneapolis MIN 1-0

Round Robin

The top 3 teams in each Division played a double round-robin in the Semifinals.
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/18 New York 68-75 Syracuse SYR 1-0
3/21 Syracuse 103-99 New York SYR 2-0

Round Robin

The top 3 teams in each Division played a double round-robin in the Semifinals.
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/16 Boston 93-71 New York BOS 1-0
3/20 New York 78-79 Boston BOS 2-0

Round Robin

The top 3 teams in each Division played a double round-robin in the Semifinals.
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/17 Syracuse 96-95
OT
Boston SYR 1-0
3/22 Boston 85-98 Syracuse SYR 2-0

Round Robin

The top 3 teams in each Division played a double round-robin in the Semifinals.
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/18 Minneapolis 90-85 Fort Wayne MIN 1-0
3/20 Fort Wayne 73-78 Minneapolis MIN 2-0

Division Finals

Best of 3-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/24 Rochester 76-89 Minneapolis MIN 3-0
3/27 Minneapolis 73-74 Rochester MIN 3-1
3/28 Rochester 72-82 Minneapolis MIN 4-1

Division Finals

Best of 3-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/25 Boston 94-109 Syracuse SYR 3-0
3/27 Syracuse 83-76 Boston SYR 4-0

NBA Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
3/31 Syracuse 68-79 Minneapolis MIN 1-0
4/3 Syracuse 62-60 Minneapolis Tied 1-1
4/4 Minneapolis 81-67 Syracuse MIN 2-1
4/8 Minneapolis 69-80 Syracuse Tied 2-2
4/10 Minneapolis 84-73 Syracuse MIN 3-2
4/11 Syracuse 65-63 Minneapolis Tied 3-3
4/12 Syracuse 80-87 Minneapolis MIN 4-3

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