NBA Games Played on March 5, 1953

Mar 4, 1953 Mar 5, 1953 Mar 6, 1953

3 NBA Games

New York	80	Final
Baltimore	69

	1	2	3	4
New York	22	15	16	27
Baltimore	16	15	21	17

PTS	R. Lumpp-BLB	26

Rochester	69	Final
Philadelphia	78

	1	2	3	4
Rochester	13	21	15	20
Philadelphia	14	13	27	24

PTS	N. Johnston-PHW	21

Minneapolis	91	Final
Syracuse	94

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	20	22	24	25
Syracuse	29	30	11	24

PTS	3 tied	23

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
New York Knicks*	44	20	.688	—	85.6	79.6
Syracuse Nationals*	42	22	.656	2.0	85.9	81.8
Boston Celtics*	41	23	.641	3.0	88.1	86.2
Baltimore Bullets*	14	49	.222	29.5	83.8	90.7
Philadelphia Warriors	10	53	.159	33.5	78.9	87.7
Western Division
Minneapolis Lakers*	45	19	.703	—	85.3	78.8
Rochester Royals*	40	24	.625	5.0	86.9	83.9
Fort Wayne Pistons*	32	30	.516	12.0	81.3	81.5
Milwaukee Hawks	26	39	.400	19.5	75.2	78.0
Indianapolis Olympians*	24	39	.381	20.5	75.0	78.1

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