NBA Games Played on December 16, 1953

Dec 15, 1953 Dec 16, 1953 Dec 17, 1953

2 NBA Games

Fort Wayne	74	Final
Boston	91

	1	2	3	4
Fort Wayne	18	7	19	30
Boston	19	23	26	23

PTS	E. Macauley-BOS	25

Minneapolis	69	Final
Milwaukee	63	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Minneapolis	26	14	12	8	9
Milwaukee	11	20	19	10	3

PTS	M. Zaslofsky-MLH	22

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
New York Knicks*	15	8	.652	—	81.0	78.9
Boston Celtics*	12	12	.500	3.5	86.5	86.2
Philadelphia Warriors	10	10	.500	3.5	77.1	79.3
Syracuse Nationals*	12	13	.480	4.0	80.0	77.0
Baltimore Bullets	4	17	.190	10.0	79.2	84.6
Western Division
Minneapolis Lakers*	16	6	.727	—	79.1	75.4
Rochester Royals*	14	8	.636	2.0	80.4	75.0
Fort Wayne Pistons*	13	11	.542	4.0	75.3	75.0
Milwaukee Hawks	6	17	.261	10.5	67.6	75.5

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