The 1956–57 NBA season was the 11th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship (which would be the first of their 17 NBA titles), beating the St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_NBA_season

Final Stats:

Rank	Team
Champion	Boston Celtics
Runner-Up	St. Louis Hawks
Division Finals	Syracuse Nationals
Division Finals	Minneapolis Lakers
Division Semifinals	Philadelphia Warriors
Division Semifinals	Fort Wayne Pistons
36 36	New York Knicks
31 41	Rochester Royals