NBA Games Played on March 16, 1956

Mar 15, 1956 Mar 16, 1956 Mar 17, 1956

1 NBA Game

Minneapolis	103	Final
St. Louis	97

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	27	25	29	22
St. Louis	33	19	17	28

PTS	S. Martin-MNL	28

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Philadelphia Warriors*	45	27	.625	—	103.1	98.8
Boston Celtics*	39	33	.542	6.0	106.0	105.3
New York Knicks*	35	37	.486	10.0	100.2	100.6
Syracuse Nationals*	35	37	.486	10.0	96.9	96.9
Western Division
Fort Wayne Pistons*	37	35	.514	—	94.4	93.7
Minneapolis Lakers*	33	39	.458	4.0	99.3	100.2
St. Louis Hawks*	33	39	.458	4.0	96.6	98.0
Rochester Royals	31	41	.431	6.0	95.8	98.7

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