1955 NBA Finals

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The 1955 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Syracuse Nationals defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons to win the National Basketball Association title.

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1955 NBA Finals canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA Finals ⓘ
basketball championship series ⓘ
champion Syracuse Nationals ⓘ
decidingGame Game 7 ⓘ
decidingGameLocation Syracuse, New York ⓘ
linked to: Syracuse
endDate 1955-04-10 ⓘ
era early NBA era ⓘ
finalSeriesResult Syracuse Nationals defeated Fort Wayne Pistons 4–3 ⓘ
followedBy 1956 NBA Finals ⓘ
format best-of-seven series ⓘ
FortWayneCoach Charley Eckman ⓘ
FortWayneKeyPlayer George Yardley ⓘ
Larry Foust ⓘ
FortWayneSeriesWins 3 ⓘ
game1Winner Fort Wayne Pistons ⓘ
game2Winner Fort Wayne Pistons ⓘ
game3Winner Syracuse Nationals ⓘ
game4Winner Syracuse Nationals ⓘ
game5Winner Fort Wayne Pistons ⓘ
game6Winner Syracuse Nationals ⓘ
game7Winner Syracuse Nationals ⓘ
homeTeam Syracuse Nationals ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
MVP Dolph Schayes ⓘ
notableFor Syracuse Nationals’ only NBA championship ⓘ
seventh-game title clincher by Syracuse Nationals ⓘ
numberOfGames 7 ⓘ
precededBy 1954 NBA Finals ⓘ
runnerUp Fort Wayne Pistons ⓘ
seasonOfLeague 1954–55 NBA season ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
startDate 1955-03-31 ⓘ
SyracuseCoach Al Cervi ⓘ
SyracuseFirstNBATitle true ⓘ
SyracuseKeyPlayer Dolph Schayes ⓘ
Paul Seymour ⓘ
SyracuseSeriesWins 4 ⓘ
televisionBroadcasterUS DuMont Television Network ⓘ
visitingTeam Fort Wayne Pistons ⓘ

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Earl Lloyd → championshipWon → 1955 NBA Finals ⓘ
1956 NBA Finals → previousFinals → 1955 NBA Finals ⓘ