NBA Games Played on January 3, 1959

Jan 2, 1959 Jan 3, 1959 Jan 4, 1959

2 NBA Games

New York	106	Final
Detroit	102

	1	2	3	4
New York	28	26	26	26
Detroit	38	22	22	20

PTS	K. Sears-NYK	26

Boston	110	Final
St. Louis	116

	1	2	3	4
Boston	21	33	28	28
St. Louis	33	27	29	27

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	31

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	23	10	.697	—	112.3	106.5
New York Knicks*	20	13	.606	3.0	106.2	106.1
Syracuse Nationals*	15	18	.455	8.0	106.5	105.5
Philadelphia Warriors	13	19	.406	9.5	100.9	103.1
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	23	9	.719	—	106.3	101.5
Detroit Pistons*	16	18	.471	8.0	104.1	103.4
Minneapolis Lakers*	14	20	.412	10.0	104.0	104.7
Cincinnati Royals	8	25	.242	15.5	100.8	110.2

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