NBA Games Played on January 5, 1954

Jan 4, 1954 Jan 5, 1954 Jan 6, 1954

2 NBA Games

Syracuse	72	Final
Fort Wayne	60

	1	2	3	4
Syracuse	17	13	20	22
Fort Wayne	19	18	12	11

PTS	W. Osterkorn-SYR	17

Milwaukee	88	Final
Philadelphia	99

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	20	20	20	28
Philadelphia	18	31	20	30

PTS	N. Johnston-PHW	33
TRB	N. Johnston-PHW	12

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
New York Knicks*	21	11	.656	—	79.7	78.4
Boston Celtics*	21	16	.568	2.5	86.8	84.7
Syracuse Nationals*	20	16	.556	3.0	81.1	77.8
Philadelphia Warriors	13	17	.433	7.0	76.9	79.8
Baltimore Bullets	7	25	.219	14.0	77.1	82.2
Western Division
Minneapolis Lakers*	20	11	.645	—	78.9	76.8
Rochester Royals*	20	12	.625	0.5	80.5	76.9
Fort Wayne Pistons*	17	16	.515	4.0	76.3	74.5
Milwaukee Hawks	8	23	.258	12.0	68.6	76.1

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