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NBA Games Played on December 8, 1949

Dec 7, 1949 Dec 8, 1949 Dec 9, 1949

5 NBA Games

Indianapolis	72	Final
Anderson	69

	1	2	3	4
Indianapolis	24	15	14	15
Anderson	21	19	17	12

PTS	A. Groza-INO	30

New York	82	Final
Baltimore	60

	1	2	3	4
New York	21	15	25	21
Baltimore	20	12	14	14

PTS	V. Boryla-NYK	23

Philadelphia	87	Final
Boston	91	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Philadelphia	22	22	14	24	5
Boston	19	28	19	16	9

PTS	J. Fulks-PHW	24

Minneapolis	66	Final
Fort Wayne	87

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	11	24	22	9
Fort Wayne	22	25	20	20

PTS	G. Mikan-MNL	27

Syracuse	86	Final
Sheboygan	72

	1	2	3	4
Syracuse	22	21	18	25
Sheboygan	23	17	13	19

PTS	2 tied	18

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Chicago Stags*	14	5	.737	—	80.6	73.3
Minneapolis Lakers*	12	6	.667	1.5	86.7	81.0
Fort Wayne Pistons*	10	5	.667	2.0	82.5	77.8
Rochester Royals*	10	6	.625	2.5	87.6	79.0
St. Louis Bombers	10	9	.526	4.0	73.4	74.9
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	16	1	.941	—	84.4	71.4
New York Knicks*	14	7	.667	4.0	81.3	76.3
Washington Capitols*	8	9	.471	8.0	76.2	76.0
Baltimore Bullets	6	11	.353	10.0	71.0	77.6
Philadelphia Warriors*	5	13	.278	11.5	73.3	79.0
Boston Celtics	5	14	.263	12.0	81.4	86.9
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	11	4	.733	—	88.6	82.9
Indianapolis Olympians*	11	10	.524	3.0	82.1	83.0
Sheboygan Red Skins*	7	9	.438	4.5	86.1	90.8
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	5	13	.278	7.5	82.7	87.2
Waterloo Hawks	5	13	.278	7.5	76.7	83.2
Denver Nuggets	3	17	.150	10.5	69.7	81.0

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