It had been one full week since the Basketball Association of America had completed its second season of play, Coach John “Honey” Russell’s Boston Celtics comfortably settled into the No. 3 position in the Eastern Division earning them their very first spot in the Association’s post-season championship chase.
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The playoff format utilized by the league at the time had been adopted from professional ice hockey – and bears little resemblance to post-season processes of American pro sports for over half a century.