NBA Games Played on March 6, 1959

Mar 5, 1959 Mar 6, 1959 Mar 7, 1959

2 NBA Games

Minneapolis	99	Final
Detroit	98

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	27	27	29	16
Detroit	19	29	25	25

PTS	L. Foust-MNL	23

Syracuse	114	Final
Philadelphia	118

	1	2	3	4
Syracuse	29	23	32	30
Philadelphia	26	27	34	31

PTS	P. Arizin-PHW	38
TRB	D. Schayes-SYR	14

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	51	19	.729	—	116.0	109.2
New York Knicks*	38	32	.543	13.0	109.7	109.8
Syracuse Nationals*	34	36	.486	17.0	112.6	108.9
Philadelphia Warriors	30	39	.435	20.5	103.4	106.3
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	47	22	.681	—	108.1	104.1
Minneapolis Lakers*	32	38	.457	15.5	105.6	107.1
Detroit Pistons*	27	42	.391	20.0	104.3	105.4
Cincinnati Royals	19	50	.275	28.0	103.0	111.9

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