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NBA Games Played on December 4, 1949

Dec 3, 1949 Dec 4, 1949 Dec 5, 1949

5 NBA Games

Waterloo	76	Final
Denver	86

	1	2	3	4
Waterloo	23	19	19	15
Denver	30	22	12	22

PTS	K. Sailors-DNN	26

Washington	68	Final
Fort Wayne	72

	1	2	3	4
Washington	23	11	9	25
Fort Wayne	13	23	23	13

PTS	F. Schaus-FTW	22

Rochester	80	Final
Minneapolis	95

	1	2	3	4
Rochester	22	20	13	25
Minneapolis	25	17	25	28

PTS	G. Mikan-MNL	27

Boston	76	Final
St. Louis	85

	1	2	3	4
Boston	21	12	21	22
St. Louis	22	26	16	21

PTS	B. Kinney-BOS	18

Indianapolis	61	Final
Syracuse	67

	1	2	3	4
Indianapolis	18	16	9	18
Syracuse	22	13	14	18

PTS	A. Groza-INO	26

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Chicago Stags*	12	5	.706	—	80.8	74.4
Minneapolis Lakers*	11	5	.688	0.5	87.6	80.9
Fort Wayne Pistons*	9	5	.643	1.5	82.2	78.6
Rochester Royals*	10	6	.625	1.5	87.6	79.0
St. Louis Bombers	9	9	.500	3.5	73.2	75.1
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	14	1	.933	—	84.8	71.5
New York Knicks*	13	7	.650	3.5	81.3	77.1
Washington Capitols*	8	7	.533	6.0	77.7	74.9
Baltimore Bullets	6	9	.400	8.0	71.7	76.9
Philadelphia Warriors*	5	12	.294	10.0	72.5	78.3
Boston Celtics	4	13	.235	11.0	80.8	86.6
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	10	3	.769	—	90.2	83.8
Sheboygan Red Skins*	7	6	.538	3.0	89.1	92.4
Indianapolis Olympians*	9	10	.474	4.0	82.1	83.7
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	5	12	.294	7.0	83.5	87.8
Waterloo Hawks	4	13	.235	8.0	76.6	84.2
Denver Nuggets	3	16	.158	10.0	69.5	81.3

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