In the 1955 NBA, the title went to the Syracuse Nationals, their first and only title. A very worked, very suffered title, that was only decided in the seventh game, against the Fort Wayne Pistons. Such was the tension, that after seven games everything was decided in the last play (91-92). A head or tails that opted for the Nationals
In the 1954 NBA, the Lakers clinched their third title after beating the Syracuse Nationals 4-3 in a series that was not decided until the seventh, where the Lakers won by 87-80
In 1949 the best competition in the world, the NBA, was inaugurated. Being the first champion the Minneapolis Lakers, after beating the Syracuse Nationals by (4-2) with a differential George Mikan, the first title of the four they won in the first five years of competition
