NBA Games Played on December 21, 1961

Dec 20, 1961 Dec 21, 1961 Dec 22, 1961

1 NBA Game

New York	103	Final
Boston	122

	1	2	3	4
New York	22	14	34	33
Boston	29	31	40	22

PTS	2 tied	23

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	24	4	.857	—	119.5	108.4
Philadelphia Warriors*	20	12	.625	6.0	125.4	119.1
Syracuse Nationals*	13	18	.419	12.5	118.8	119.7
New York Knicks	9	23	.281	17.0	109.2	117.8
Western Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	26	9	.743	—	119.5	116.5
Cincinnati Royals*	18	14	.563	6.5	122.9	119.4
Detroit Pistons*	12	17	.414	11.0	116.4	118.3
St. Louis Hawks	11	20	.355	13.0	117.9	120.0
Chicago Packers	6	22	.214	16.5	109.5	120.4

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