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NBA Games Played on January 1, 1959

Dec 31, 1958 Jan 1, 1959 Jan 2, 1959

1 NBA Game

Minneapolis	106	Final
Syracuse	105

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	27	15	34	30
Syracuse	26	21	33	25

PTS	D. Schayes-SYR	32

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	23	9	.719	—	112.3	106.3
New York Knicks*	19	12	.613	3.5	106.5	106.2
Syracuse Nationals*	14	18	.438	9.0	106.2	105.5
Philadelphia Warriors	13	18	.419	9.5	100.7	102.6
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	22	9	.710	—	106.0	101.2
Detroit Pistons*	16	16	.500	6.5	104.2	103.1
Minneapolis Lakers*	13	20	.394	10.0	103.9	105.0
Cincinnati Royals	7	25	.219	15.5	100.5	110.4

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