1951 NBA Playoffs

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The 1951 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1950-1951 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Rochester Royals defeating the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks, four games to three in the NBA Finals.

The Rochester Royals (currently the Sacramento Kings) had appeared in the NBL Finals all three years they'd been in the league, winning one championship. Their 1951 NBA championship win marks the first (and as of 2007, only) time the franchise has made it to the NBA Finals, let alone win the title.

New York made the first trip to the NBA Finals in franchise history; it'd turn out to be their first of three consecutive appearances in the league's championship series. They would have to wait until 1970 for their first NBA championship, however.

The 1951 playoffs featured the return of the Boston Celtics to the postseason after a three-year absence; they would not fail to make the playoffs again until 1970, after they had won eleven NBA championships.

[edit] Bracket

	Division Semifinals					Division Finals					NBA Finals
	1	Minneapolis	2
	4	Indianapolis	1
						1	Minneapolis	1
	Western Division
						2	Rochester	3
	3	Fort Wayne	1
	2	Rochester	2
											W2	Rochester	4
											E3	New York	3
	1	Philadelphia	0
	4	Syracuse	2
						4	Syracuse	2
	Eastern Division
						3	New York	3
	3	New York	2
	2	Boston	0

[edit] External links

• Basketball-Reference.com's 1951 NBA Playoffs page

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