NBA Games Played on January 9, 1959

Jan 8, 1959 Jan 9, 1959 Jan 10, 1959

2 NBA Games

St. Louis	112	Final
Cincinnati	101

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	37	23	29	23
Cincinnati	18	23	35	25

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	36

Boston	103	Final
Detroit	90

	1	2	3	4
Boston	24	28	25	26
Detroit	29	22	16	23

PTS	B. Cousy-BOS	25

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	28	10	.737	—	112.0	105.1
New York Knicks*	22	14	.611	5.0	106.2	106.4
Syracuse Nationals*	18	19	.486	9.5	108.0	106.2
Philadelphia Warriors	13	22	.371	13.5	100.8	103.7
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	26	11	.703	—	106.0	101.0
Detroit Pistons*	17	20	.459	9.0	103.6	103.8
Minneapolis Lakers*	16	23	.410	11.0	103.1	104.3
Cincinnati Royals	8	29	.216	18.0	101.9	111.2

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