1951 NBA Final: The Royals beat the Knicks after a tough final

In the 1951 NBA we had to wait until game seven of the final series, when the Rochester Royals beat the New York Knicks by (79-75) to meet the champion of the second edition of the NBA

Rochester Royals *Davies - 17.0p, 5.3a, 3.3r *Wanzer - 12.4p, 5.9r, 3.6a *Johnson - 12.4p, 8.6r, 3.1a *Coleman - 8.9p, 13.1r, 6.3a *Risen - 21.7p, 14.3r, 2.7a Holzman - 4.7p, 1.6r, 1.0a Calhoun - 2.4p, 2.0r McNamee - 2.0p, 1.7r Saul - 0.8p. (5) Noel - 2.0p, 1.8r. (4)

New York Knicks *Boryla - 13.4p, 4.1r, 3.3a *Zaslofsky - 19.0p, 3.4r, 3.4a *Simmons - 12.1p, 7.0r, 1.9a *Clifton - 7.9p, 9.7r, 3.6a *Gallatin - 10.9p, 10.0r, 1.3a Vandeweghe - 6.7p, 4.6r, 2.7a McGuire - 4.1p, 3.9r, 3.7a Lumpp - 3.8p, 1.3a, 1.0r. (6) Lavelli - 1.3p. (3) Kaftan - 0.0p. (4)

To get to the final they beat… Rochester Royals - Fort Wayne Pistons (2-1); Minneapolis Lakers (3-1) New York Knicks - Boston Celtics (2-0); Syracuse Royals (3-2)