NBA Games Played on December 17, 1961

Dec 16, 1961 Dec 17, 1961 Dec 18, 1961

2 NBA Games

LA Lakers	122	Final
Detroit	116

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	28	32	23	39
Detroit	30	25	31	30

PTS	J. West-LAL	47

Boston	117	Final
New York	109

	1	2	3	4
Boston	33	35	17	32
New York	31	26	31	21

PTS	S. Jones-BOS	30

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	23	3	.885	—	120.1	108.7
Philadelphia Warriors*	18	12	.600	7.0	126.0	120.0
Syracuse Nationals*	12	18	.400	13.0	118.6	120.0
New York Knicks	8	22	.267	17.0	108.7	117.8
Western Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	24	9	.727	—	120.5	117.5
Cincinnati Royals*	18	13	.581	5.0	123.3	119.5
Detroit Pistons*	12	15	.444	9.0	117.1	118.2
St. Louis Hawks	11	19	.367	11.5	118.2	119.8
Chicago Packers	6	21	.222	15.0	110.0	121.0

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