League Champion: Boston Celtics
PTS Leader: Bob Pettit (298)
TRB Leader: Bill Russell (244)
AST Leader: Bob Cousy (93)
WS Leader: Bob Pettit (1.7)
| Place | Division | Margin | Month | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | E | W | ≤3 | ≥10 | Mar | Apr |
| 1 | Boston Celtics | 7-3 | 5-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 3-2 |
| 2 | St. Louis Hawks | 6-4 | 6-1 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 5-0 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 2-3 |
| 3 | Minneapolis Lakers | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4 | Syracuse Nationals | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | ||
| 5 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | ||
| 6 | Philadelphia Warriors | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | |||
| Rk | Team | BOS | FTW | MNL | PHW | STL | SYR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | 3-0 | ||||
| 2 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 0-2 | 0-1 | ||||
| 3 | Minneapolis Lakers | 2-0 | 0-4 | ||||
| 4 | Philadelphia Warriors | 0-2 | |||||
| 5 | St. Louis Hawks | 3-4 | 1-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 6 | Syracuse Nationals | 0-3 | 2-0 |