Playoffs NBA 1957
The playoffs NBA 1957 are the playoffs of the Saison NBA 1956-1957. They finish on the victory of the Boston Celtics vis-a-vis the St Louis Hawks 4 matches with 3 at the time of final NBA.
Operation
At the conclusion of the regular season, before the beginning of the playoffs, two matches of classification are played, in order to determine the places in the Western Division.- March 14th: Strong Wayne Pistons @ St Louis Hawks 103-115
- March 16th: Mineapolis Lakers @ St Louis Hawks 111-114
After these two matches, qualified is, in the East:
- the Boston Celtics
- the Syracuse Nationals
- the Philadelphia Warriors
In the West, the taken again teams are:
- the St Louis Hawks
- the Mineapolis Lakers
- the Strong Wayne Pistons
At the time of the Semi-finals of Division, the second faces the third in a series with best of the three matches. Gaining meets then, in Finales of Division, the first of Division to best of the five matches. Both gaining meet at the time of the finales NBA, which are played best of the seven matches.
Table
Scores
Semi-finals of Division
Eastern Division
- Syracuse Nationals - Philadelphia Warriors 2-0
- March 16th: Syracuse @ Philadelphia 103-96
- March 18th: Philadelphia @ Syracuse 80-91
Western Division
- Mineapolis Lakers - Strong Wayne Pistons 2-0
- March 17th: Strong Wayne @ Mineapolis 127-131
- March 19th: Mineapolis @ Strong Wayne 110-108
Finales of Division
Eastern Division
- Boston Celtics - Syracuse Nationals 3-0
- March 21st: Syracuse @ Boston 90-108
- March 23rd: Boston @ Syracuse 120-105
- March 24th: Syracuse @ Boston 80-83
Western Division
- St Louis Hawks - Mineapolis Lakers 3-0
- March 21st: Mineapolis @ St Louis 109-118
- March 24th: Mineapolis @ St Louis 104-106
- March 25th: St Louis @ Mineapolis 143-135 (after 2 prolongations)
Finales NBA
See also: Final NBA 1957
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Boston Celtics - St Louis Hawks 4-3
- March 30th: St Louis @ Boston 125-123 (after 2 prolongations)
- March 31st: St Louis @ Boston 99-119
- April 6th: Boston @ St Louis 98-100
- April 7th: Boston @ St Louis 123-118
- April 9th: St Louis @ Boston 109-124
- April 11th: Boston @ St Louis 94-96
- April 13rd: St Louis @ Boston 123-125 (after 2 prolongations)