NBA Games Played on December 17, 1958

Dec 16, 1958 Dec 17, 1958 Dec 18, 1958

2 NBA Games

Boston	102	Final
Detroit	95

	1	2	3	4
Boston	23	33	24	22
Detroit	22	29	26	18

PTS	G. Yardley-DET	33

St. Louis	136	Final
New York	122

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	38	23	32	43
New York	19	34	29	40

PTS	2 tied	35
TRB	B. Pettit-STL	23

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	17	8	.680	—	111.8	107.0
New York Knicks*	16	9	.640	1.0	107.0	105.4
Syracuse Nationals*	14	12	.538	3.5	106.1	104.2
Philadelphia Warriors	9	16	.360	8.0	100.8	103.4
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	17	8	.680	—	105.0	101.0
Detroit Pistons*	14	13	.519	4.0	104.0	103.5
Minneapolis Lakers*	9	15	.375	7.5	103.9	105.1
Cincinnati Royals	5	20	.200	12.0	99.5	108.8

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