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NBA Games Played on January 8, 1950

Jan 7, 1950 Jan 8, 1950 Jan 9, 1950

4 NBA Games

Sheboygan	69	Final
Fort Wayne	83

	1	2	3	4
Sheboygan	16	19	16	18
Fort Wayne	17	19	27	20

PTS	C. Black-FTW	15

Boston	80	Final
Minneapolis	85	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Boston	21	26	16	14	3
Minneapolis	23	18	18	18	8

PTS	G. Mikan-MNL	30

Rochester	75	Final
St. Louis	73	2OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT
Rochester	22	22	15	7	5	4
St. Louis	17	13	21	15	5	2

PTS	2 tied	18

Waterloo	68	Final
Syracuse	84

	1	2	3	4
Waterloo	10	15	24	19
Syracuse	15	22	27	20

PTS	B. Gabor-SYR	19

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Rochester Royals*	23	10	.697	—	84.0	75.5
Minneapolis Lakers*	23	11	.676	0.5	83.6	79.3
Fort Wayne Pistons*	21	12	.636	2.0	81.3	79.4
Chicago Stags*	21	12	.636	2.0	80.1	76.1
St. Louis Bombers	15	18	.455	8.0	74.0	74.8
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	27	4	.871	—	84.5	73.8
New York Knicks*	22	13	.629	7.0	80.5	77.2
Washington Capitols*	15	17	.469	12.5	76.6	76.7
Boston Celtics	12	20	.375	15.5	80.9	82.2
Baltimore Bullets	12	22	.353	16.5	71.9	78.4
Philadelphia Warriors*	11	21	.344	16.5	71.9	76.4
Western Division
Indianapolis Olympians*	20	13	.606	—	83.1	81.8
Anderson Packers*	18	12	.600	0.5	87.4	84.0
Sheboygan Red Skins*	13	15	.464	4.5	84.3	87.8
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	10	21	.323	9.0	81.0	84.0
Waterloo Hawks	7	27	.206	13.5	76.8	84.7
Denver Nuggets	5	27	.156	14.5	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.