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NBA Games Played on January 7, 1953

Jan 6, 1953 Jan 7, 1953 Jan 8, 1953

2 NBA Games

Syracuse	114	Final
New York	93

	1	2	3	4
Syracuse	24	31	23	36
New York	17	25	23	28

PTS	P. Seymour-SYR	29
TRB	D. Schayes-SYR	18

Boston	84	Final
Philadelphia	82

	1	2	3	4
Boston	22	19	24	19
Philadelphia	18	13	21	30

PTS	B. Sharman-BOS	34
TRB	N. Johnston-PHW	23

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	23	11	.676	—	87.2	84.7
New York Knicks*	21	11	.656	1.0	89.0	83.6
Syracuse Nationals*	21	12	.636	1.5	87.6	83.9
Baltimore Bullets*	7	23	.233	14.0	83.9	91.6
Philadelphia Warriors	6	28	.176	17.0	79.9	88.7
Western Division
Minneapolis Lakers*	26	8	.765	—	85.9	77.2
Rochester Royals*	24	10	.706	2.0	88.4	83.6
Fort Wayne Pistons*	17	16	.515	8.5	81.8	81.7
Indianapolis Olympians*	13	24	.351	14.5	75.9	80.0
Milwaukee Hawks	9	24	.273	16.5	75.2	80.0

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