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NBA Games Played on December 31, 1949

Dec 30, 1949 Dec 31, 1949 Jan 1, 1950

4 NBA Games

Fort Wayne	65	Final
Philadelphia	62

	1	2	3	4
Fort Wayne	17	11	24	13
Philadelphia	17	10	13	22

PTS	F. Schaus-FTW	14

St. Louis	68	Final
Rochester	87

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	13	12	24	19
Rochester	17	20	16	34

PTS	E. Macauley-STB	21

Minneapolis	86	Final
Waterloo	68

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	21	30	18	17
Waterloo	12	22	17	17

PTS	G. Mikan-MNL	35

New York	64	Final
Washington	70

	1	2	3	4
New York	14	15	20	15
Washington	11	20	16	23

PTS	C. Braun-NYK	17

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Rochester Royals*	19	8	.704	—	85.6	75.7
Minneapolis Lakers*	20	10	.667	0.5	83.3	79.4
Chicago Stags*	20	12	.625	1.5	79.7	76.0
Fort Wayne Pistons*	17	11	.607	2.5	81.1	79.5
St. Louis Bombers	13	16	.448	7.0	73.2	74.4
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	24	4	.857	—	84.8	74.1
New York Knicks*	20	12	.625	6.0	80.4	77.6
Washington Capitols*	14	14	.500	10.0	76.2	76.4
Boston Celtics	11	17	.393	13.0	82.0	83.5
Baltimore Bullets	11	18	.379	13.5	73.0	78.0
Philadelphia Warriors*	10	19	.345	14.5	71.8	76.0
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	17	9	.654	—	88.6	84.5
Indianapolis Olympians*	17	13	.567	2.0	83.0	82.9
Sheboygan Red Skins*	11	12	.478	4.5	85.7	88.5
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	8	19	.296	9.5	80.9	84.9
Waterloo Hawks	7	22	.241	11.5	77.3	84.4
Denver Nuggets	3	26	.103	15.5	71.0	81.9

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