NBA Games Played on January 5, 1959

Jan 4, 1959 Jan 5, 1959 Jan 6, 1959

1 NBA Game

Minneapolis	106	Final
Boston	118

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	26	25	27	28
Boston	23	25	35	35

PTS	2 tied	30

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	25	10	.714	—	112.4	106.6
New York Knicks*	21	13	.618	3.5	106.7	106.3
Syracuse Nationals*	16	18	.471	8.5	106.8	105.2
Philadelphia Warriors	13	20	.394	11.0	100.7	103.3
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	23	10	.697	—	106.5	102.1
Detroit Pistons*	16	19	.457	8.0	103.9	103.8
Minneapolis Lakers*	15	21	.417	9.5	104.2	104.8
Cincinnati Royals	8	26	.235	15.5	101.1	110.2

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