NBA Games Played on December 18, 1956

Dec 17, 1956 Dec 18, 1956 Dec 19, 1956

2 NBA Games

St. Louis	95	Final
Fort Wayne	84

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	27	27	20	21
Fort Wayne	14	19	23	28

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	30

Boston	99	Final
New York	110

	1	2	3	4
Boston	24	19	31	25
New York	20	35	27	28

PTS	B. Cousy-BOS	35

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	16	8	.667	—	105.2	100.6
Philadelphia Warriors*	13	11	.542	3.0	100.6	98.4
New York Knicks	13	12	.520	3.5	101.0	98.2
Syracuse Nationals*	8	14	.364	7.0	93.1	98.8
Western Division
Rochester Royals	14	12	.538	—	90.7	91.9
Minneapolis Lakers*	12	13	.480	1.5	99.5	99.6
Fort Wayne Pistons*	11	13	.458	2.0	94.9	96.6
St. Louis Hawks*	10	14	.417	3.0	95.5	96.9

Please note that teams tied in the standings are sorted by team name and no tiebreakers are being applied to these standings.