NBA Games Played on March 9, 1956

Mar 8, 1956 Mar 9, 1956 Mar 10, 1956

1 NBA Game

Minneapolis	102	Final
St. Louis	103

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	23	31	26	22
St. Louis	24	27	23	29

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	44

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Philadelphia Warriors*	44	24	.647	—	103.2	98.2
Boston Celtics*	38	31	.551	6.5	105.6	105.1
Syracuse Nationals*	33	35	.485	11.0	97.0	96.6
New York Knicks*	32	36	.471	12.0	99.7	100.8
Western Division
Fort Wayne Pistons*	36	33	.522	—	94.1	93.0
St. Louis Hawks*	31	37	.456	4.5	95.8	97.5
Minneapolis Lakers*	30	38	.441	5.5	98.9	100.4
Rochester Royals	30	40	.429	6.5	95.6	98.3

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