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 .

Notable occurrences [ edit ]

• The Indianapolis Olympians folded prior to the start of the season. Indianapolis would return to professional basketball with the Pacers of the ABA in 1967 . The NBA returned to Indianapolis for the 1976?77 season , when the Pacers joined the Association as part of the NBA-ABA merger .
• The 1954 NBA All-Star Game was played in New York City, with the East beating the West 98?93 in overtime. Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics won the game's MVP award.
• This marked the first year the NBA had a national television contract. The contract had the DuMont Television Network televising 13 games, paying 39,000 dollars for the rights.

Final standings [ edit ]

Eastern Division [ edit ]

Western Division [ edit ]

x ? clinched playoff spot

Playoffs [ edit ]

Statistics leaders [ edit ]

Note: Prior to the 1969?70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.

NBA awards [ edit ]

• Rookie of the Year : Ray Felix , Baltimore Bullets

See also [ edit ]

• List of NBA regular season records

References [ edit ]

• 1953?54 NBA Season Summary basketball-reference.com . Retrieved December 10, 2010

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