NBA Games Played on December 28, 1961

Dec 27, 1961 Dec 28, 1961 Dec 29, 1961

2 NBA Games

Boston	117	Final
St. Louis	109

	1	2	3	4
Boston	19	30	30	38
St. Louis	31	30	19	29

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	37
TRB	B. Pettit-STL	26

LA Lakers	121	Final
Syracuse	114

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	29	22	40	30
Syracuse	25	30	33	26

PTS	E. Baylor-LAL	44

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	28	4	.875	—	120.0	109.2
Philadelphia Warriors*	22	13	.629	7.5	125.6	119.3
Syracuse Nationals*	13	22	.371	16.5	118.3	119.9
New York Knicks	10	25	.286	19.5	110.3	118.7
Western Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	30	10	.750	—	120.2	117.1
Cincinnati Royals*	20	16	.556	8.0	123.8	120.3
Detroit Pistons*	14	19	.424	12.5	116.0	117.5
St. Louis Hawks	11	24	.314	16.5	117.9	121.1
Chicago Packers	8	23	.258	17.5	109.2	119.0

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