NBA Games Played on December 16, 1955

Dec 15, 1955 Dec 16, 1955 Dec 17, 1955

1 NBA Game

St. Louis	100	Final
Rochester	97	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
St. Louis	24	26	23	18	9
Rochester	17	30	25	19	6

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	23

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Philadelphia Warriors*	14	5	.737	—	100.2	96.3
New York Knicks*	11	8	.579	3.0	100.4	100.9
Boston Celtics*	9	8	.529	4.0	103.6	100.2
Syracuse Nationals*	9	10	.474	5.0	98.1	97.3
Western Division
Rochester Royals	10	10	.500	—	96.0	94.8
St. Louis Hawks*	9	10	.474	0.5	96.8	97.9
Fort Wayne Pistons*	8	11	.421	1.5	96.9	96.6
Minneapolis Lakers*	7	15	.318	4.0	97.3	104.0

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