1958 NBA playoffs


The 1958 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1957–58 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks defeating the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
It was the second straight year the Celtics and Hawks met in the Finals; they met four out of five years, with the Celtics winning three series and the Hawks one.
This was the first title in Hawks franchise history. St. Louis made it to the NBA Finals four times in five years between 1957–1961, but since moving to Atlanta in 1968, they have had considerably less success in the playoffs.

Bracket

Division Semifinals

Eastern Division Semifinals

(2) [Syracuse Nationals] vs. (3) [Philadelphia Warriors]

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers/Nationals winning four of the first five meetings.
Philadelphia 76ers/ Syracuse Nationals leads 4–1 in all-time playoff series

Western Division Semifinals

(2) [Detroit Pistons] vs. (3) [Cincinnati Royals]

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Royals winning three of the first five meetings while the Pistons were based in Fort Wayne and the Royals were based in Rochester.
Cincinnati/ Rochester leads 3–2 in all-time playoff series

Division Finals

Eastern Division Finals

(1) [Boston Celtics] vs. (3) [Philadelphia Warriors]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Western Division Finals

(1) [St. Louis Hawks] vs. (2) [Detroit Pistons]

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning the first meeting while being based in Fort Wayne.
Detroit/ Fort Wayne leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series

NBA Finals: (E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) St. Louis Hawks

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.
Boston leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series