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NBA Games Played on January 1, 1950

Dec 31, 1949 Jan 1, 1950 Jan 2, 1950

8 NBA Games

Chicago	92	Final
Denver	78

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	27	21	15	29
Denver	20	18	26	14

PTS	A. Phillip-CHS	19

Boston	72	Final
Fort Wayne	80

	1	2	3	4
Boston	24	17	15	16
Fort Wayne	22	22	15	21

PTS	C. Armstrong-FTW	17

Anderson	75	Final
Minneapolis	87

	1	2	3	4
Anderson	18	27	19	11
Minneapolis	24	21	23	19

PTS	G. Mikan-MNL	38

Philadelphia	59	Final
New York	81

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	17	12	18	12
New York	13	18	21	29

PTS	E. Vandeweghe-NYK	16

Indianapolis	89	Final
Sheboygan	75

	1	2	3	4
Indianapolis	24	26	19	20
Sheboygan	16	21	18	20

PTS	A. Groza-INO	27

Waterloo	79	Final
St. Louis	91

	1	2	3	4
Waterloo	18	20	16	25
St. Louis	31	19	23	18

PTS	J. Logan-STB	24

Washington	73	Final
Syracuse	79

	1	2	3	4
Washington	15	20	24	14
Syracuse	23	16	18	22

PTS	B. Gabor-SYR	20

Baltimore	66	Final
Tri-Cities	79

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	19	15	16	16
Tri-Cities	13	26	19	21

PTS	D. Otten-TRI	15

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Rochester Royals*	19	8	.704	—	85.6	75.7
Minneapolis Lakers*	21	10	.677	—	83.4	79.3
Chicago Stags*	21	12	.636	1.0	80.1	76.1
Fort Wayne Pistons*	18	11	.621	2.0	81.1	79.2
St. Louis Bombers	14	16	.467	6.5	73.8	74.6
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	25	4	.862	—	84.6	74.1
New York Knicks*	21	12	.636	6.0	80.5	77.1
Washington Capitols*	14	15	.483	11.0	76.1	76.4
Boston Celtics	11	18	.379	14.0	81.6	83.4
Baltimore Bullets	11	19	.367	14.5	72.7	78.1
Philadelphia Warriors*	10	20	.333	15.5	71.4	76.2
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	17	10	.630	—	88.1	84.6
Indianapolis Olympians*	18	13	.581	1.0	83.2	82.6
Sheboygan Red Skins*	11	13	.458	4.5	85.3	88.5
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	9	19	.321	8.5	80.9	84.3
Waterloo Hawks	7	23	.233	11.5	77.4	84.6
Denver Nuggets	3	27	.100	15.5	71.3	82.2

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