NBA Games Played on December 5, 1951

Dec 4, 1951 Dec 5, 1951 Dec 6, 1951

2 NBA Games

Fort Wayne	91	Final
Boston	88

	1	2	3	4
Fort Wayne	25	24	27	15
Boston	22	21	28	17

PTS	B. Cousy-BOS	32

Syracuse	83	Final
Minneapolis	81	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Syracuse	17	15	21	22	8
Minneapolis	27	14	23	11	6

PTS	D. Schayes-SYR	24

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	11	5	.688	—	85.4	79.3
Boston Celtics*	10	5	.667	0.5	90.8	82.8
New York Knicks*	7	9	.438	4.0	80.1	81.6
Baltimore Bullets	6	9	.400	4.5	80.7	83.5
Philadelphia Warriors*	6	10	.375	5.0	83.2	86.0
Western Division
Rochester Royals*	12	5	.706	—	79.4	77.1
Minneapolis Lakers*	10	5	.667	1.0	79.1	74.9
Indianapolis Olympians*	8	7	.533	3.0	78.3	79.9
Fort Wayne Pistons*	5	11	.313	6.5	74.1	78.1
Milwaukee Hawks	3	12	.200	8.0	67.7	75.7

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