NBA Games Played on March 17, 1954

Mar 16, 1954 Mar 17, 1954 Mar 18, 1954

2 NBA Games

Syracuse	96	Final
Boston	95	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Syracuse	15	18	26	22	15
Boston	17	15	24	25	14

PTS	B. Cousy-BOS	32
TRB	D. Schayes-SYR	13

Rochester	88	Final
Minneapolis	109

	1	2	3	4
Rochester	21	17	23	27
Minneapolis	29	34	22	24

PTS	S. Martin-MNL	24

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
New York Knicks*	44	28	.611	—	79.0	79.1
Syracuse Nationals*	42	30	.583	2.0	83.5	78.6
Boston Celtics*	42	30	.583	2.0	87.7	85.4
Philadelphia Warriors	29	43	.403	15.0	78.3	80.4
Baltimore Bullets	16	56	.222	28.0	78.3	85.1
Western Division
Minneapolis Lakers*	46	26	.639	—	81.7	78.6
Rochester Royals*	44	28	.611	2.0	79.8	77.3
Fort Wayne Pistons*	40	32	.556	6.0	77.7	76.1
Milwaukee Hawks	21	51	.292	25.0	70.0	75.3

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