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NBA Games Played on January 5, 1950

Jan 4, 1950 Jan 5, 1950 Jan 6, 1950

6 NBA Games

Rochester	71	Final
Baltimore	74

	1	2	3	4
Rochester	16	15	18	22
Baltimore	13	20	20	21

PTS	E. Sadowski-BLB	21

Anderson	69	Final
Denver	76

	1	2	3	4
Anderson	29	11	11	18
Denver	13	19	21	23

PTS	M. Komenich-AND	21

St. Louis	83	Final
Fort Wayne	87

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	18	23	21	21
Fort Wayne	24	24	18	21

PTS	R. Rocha-STB	20

Waterloo	70	Final
New York	82

	1	2	3	4
Waterloo	22	13	18	17
New York	12	20	28	22

PTS	C. Simmons-NYK	21

Minneapolis	82	Final
Sheboygan	85

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	13	27	19	23
Sheboygan	19	22	23	21

PTS	G. Mikan-MNL	42

Tri-Cities	73	Final
Syracuse	82

	1	2	3	4
Tri-Cities	21	17	17	18
Syracuse	21	21	13	27

PTS	A. Cervi-SYR	18

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Rochester Royals*	21	9	.700	—	84.6	75.3
Minneapolis Lakers*	22	11	.667	0.5	83.6	79.3
Chicago Stags*	21	12	.636	1.5	80.1	76.1
Fort Wayne Pistons*	19	12	.613	2.5	81.1	79.7
St. Louis Bombers	15	17	.469	7.0	74.0	74.8
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	26	4	.867	—	84.5	74.0
New York Knicks*	22	12	.647	6.0	80.5	76.9
Washington Capitols*	14	17	.452	12.5	75.8	76.5
Baltimore Bullets	12	20	.375	15.0	72.8	78.3
Boston Celtics	11	19	.367	15.0	81.2	83.0
Philadelphia Warriors*	10	20	.333	16.0	71.4	76.2
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	18	12	.600	—	87.4	84.0
Indianapolis Olympians*	19	13	.594	—	83.0	82.4
Sheboygan Red Skins*	13	13	.500	3.0	84.8	87.5
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	9	21	.300	9.0	80.4	84.0
Waterloo Hawks	7	25	.219	12.0	76.9	84.2
Denver Nuggets	5	27	.156	14.0	71.9	81.8

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