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NBA Games Played on December 26, 1949

Dec 25, 1949 Dec 26, 1949 Dec 27, 1949

5 NBA Games

Washington	73	Final
Anderson	80

	1	2	3	4
Washington	17	19	13	24
Anderson	17	22	14	27

PTS	J. Nichols-WSC	22

Boston	82	Final
Baltimore	57

	1	2	3	4
Boston	19	24	19	20
Baltimore	16	14	9	18

PTS	T. Lavelli-BOS	15

Chicago	74	Final
Fort Wayne	76

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	17	13	25	19
Fort Wayne	24	22	13	17

PTS	F. Schaus-FTW	24

Rochester	83	Final
New York	80	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Rochester	19	19	18	20	7
New York	23	14	23	16	4

PTS	B. Davies-ROC	32

Minneapolis	78	Final
Tri-Cities	76

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	22	14	25	17
Tri-Cities	14	21	13	28

PTS	G. Mikan-MNL	22

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Rochester Royals*	16	8	.667	—	84.7	76.0
Minneapolis Lakers*	18	10	.643	—	83.0	79.9
Fort Wayne Pistons*	15	9	.625	1.0	82.2	79.1
Chicago Stags*	18	12	.600	1.0	79.4	75.7
St. Louis Bombers	12	15	.444	5.5	72.7	74.4
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	23	3	.885	—	85.6	74.1
New York Knicks*	19	10	.655	5.5	81.1	77.4
Washington Capitols*	12	13	.480	10.5	76.2	75.7
Baltimore Bullets	11	16	.407	12.5	73.2	77.2
Philadelphia Warriors*	10	16	.385	13.0	72.6	76.8
Boston Celtics	9	17	.346	14.0	81.0	84.2
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	17	7	.708	—	89.3	84.5
Indianapolis Olympians*	16	13	.552	3.5	82.8	82.9
Sheboygan Red Skins*	10	12	.455	6.0	85.3	88.4
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	7	18	.280	10.5	81.0	85.2
Waterloo Hawks	7	19	.269	11.0	77.0	83.9
Denver Nuggets	3	25	.107	16.0	70.6	81.8

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