6'10" George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers proved dominant.
As for the Capitols, they would never reach the Finals again, but their coach in Red Auerbach would do so several times over the next two decades, and this represented his only loss in a Final until 1958 (Auerbach would win nine of his eleven appearances in a Final); this would be the first of six overall finals that featured Auerbach against the Lakers, for which he beat them five times, including in 1959 when he beat Kundla in his last game as head coach of the Lakers.
The six games of the final series were played in ten days – Monday, April 4, to Wednesday, April 13 – with one day off except after game three, the first of three played in Washington (Minneapolis led 3–0).
Prior to its start, however, Minneapolis had been idle for five days, having qualified on the preceding Tuesday; Washington idle for only one day, having qualified on Saturday.
[1] Lakers win series 4–2 10 Schaefer | 13 Jaros | 14 Gardner | 15 Carlson | 16 Jorgensen | 17 Pollard | 18 Ferrin | 19 Dwan | 20 Kachan | 22 Forman | 99 Mikan | Coach Kundla 10 Feerick | 11 Hermsen | 13 O'Keefe | 15 Nichols | 15 Toomay | 16 Norlander | 17 McKinney | 18 Zunic | 20 Scolari | 22 Schulz | 23 Katkaveck | 29 Hertzberg | Coach Auerbach