NBA Games Played on December 17, 1959

Dec 16, 1959 Dec 17, 1959 Dec 18, 1959

1 NBA Game

New York	126	Final
Boston	137

	1	2	3	4
New York	27	37	20	42
Boston	38	35	27	37

PTS	R. Guerin-NYK	42

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	23	4	.852	—	123.0	115.1
Philadelphia Warriors*	18	9	.667	5.0	119.3	115.1
Syracuse Nationals*	16	10	.615	6.5	112.9	110.9
New York Knicks	8	19	.296	15.0	113.6	116.6
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	15	10	.600	—	111.1	107.0
Detroit Pistons*	12	16	.429	4.5	110.6	111.9
Cincinnati Royals	9	21	.300	8.5	109.6	116.3
Minneapolis Lakers*	8	20	.286	8.5	101.5	107.4

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