NBA Games Played on December 15, 1961

Dec 14, 1961 Dec 15, 1961 Dec 16, 1961

2 NBA Games

LA Lakers	94	Final
Chicago	97

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	24	21	30	19
Chicago	21	28	27	21

PTS	W. Bellamy-CHP	32

St. Louis	120	Final
New York	108

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	37	28	24	31
New York	22	33	28	25

PTS	C. Hagan-STL	31
TRB	2 tied	15

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	21	3	.875	—	119.8	108.5
Philadelphia Warriors*	17	12	.586	6.5	126.4	120.3
Syracuse Nationals*	11	18	.379	12.5	118.3	119.9
New York Knicks	8	21	.276	15.5	108.7	117.9
Western Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	23	8	.742	—	120.4	117.2
Cincinnati Royals*	17	13	.567	5.5	123.4	119.8
Detroit Pistons*	12	13	.480	8.0	117.4	117.9
St. Louis Hawks	11	18	.379	11.0	118.3	119.4
Chicago Packers	6	20	.231	14.5	110.0	121.4

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