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NBA Games Played on December 21, 1949

Dec 20, 1949 Dec 21, 1949 Dec 22, 1949

5 NBA Games

Waterloo	70	Final
Chicago	78

	1	2	3	4
Waterloo	18	21	16	15
Chicago	12	22	21	23

PTS	H. Boykoff-WAT	21

Baltimore	60	Final
Philadelphia	70

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	11	11	20	18
Philadelphia	14	17	15	24

PTS	2 tied	17

New York	52	Final
St. Louis	75

	1	2	3	4
New York	12	14	9	17
St. Louis	18	14	18	25

PTS	R. Rocha-STB	19

Syracuse	96	Final
Tri-Cities	84

	1	2	3	4
Syracuse	24	24	23	25
Tri-Cities	19	22	20	23

PTS	B. Gabor-SYR	23

Minneapolis	75	Final
Washington	61

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	17	17	10	17
Washington	18	19	25	13

PTS	J. Nichols-WSC	22

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Chicago Stags*	18	10	.643	—	79.1	74.7
Minneapolis Lakers*	16	9	.640	0.5	84.2	80.6
Rochester Royals*	14	8	.636	1.0	84.6	75.7
Fort Wayne Pistons*	13	8	.619	1.5	83.4	79.9
St. Louis Bombers	12	13	.480	4.5	72.8	73.6
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	21	3	.875	—	85.3	73.5
New York Knicks*	18	9	.667	4.5	81.1	77.4
Washington Capitols*	10	11	.476	9.5	75.4	75.5
Baltimore Bullets	10	14	.417	11.0	73.8	77.4
Philadelphia Warriors*	9	16	.360	12.5	72.9	77.4
Boston Celtics	7	15	.318	13.0	81.1	85.8
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	15	6	.714	—	89.2	84.6
Indianapolis Olympians*	15	12	.556	3.0	81.6	82.1
Sheboygan Red Skins*	9	11	.450	5.5	86.4	89.5
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	7	17	.292	9.5	81.2	85.5
Waterloo Hawks	6	18	.250	10.5	75.9	82.8
Denver Nuggets	3	23	.115	14.5	70.5	81.9

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