The Division Finals round became a best-of-five series in 1955 and later was switched to the best-of-seven format in 1958. By 1968, the entire NBA Playoffs were comprised of best-of-seven series.

Gametime takes a look back at the 1968 Eastern Conference Finals and how the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. affected everyone involved.

Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.