NBA Games Played on December 22, 1956

Dec 21, 1956 Dec 22, 1956 Dec 23, 1956

2 NBA Games

St. Louis	93	Final
Boston	95

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	19	19	34	21
Boston	22	20	22	31

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	28

Minneapolis	101	Final
Rochester	115

	1	2	3	4
Minneapolis	25	32	20	24
Rochester	21	28	31	35

PTS	M. Stokes-ROC	27

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	17	8	.680	—	104.8	100.3
Philadelphia Warriors*	13	11	.542	3.5	100.6	98.4
New York Knicks	13	12	.520	4.0	101.0	98.2
Syracuse Nationals*	8	14	.364	7.5	93.1	98.8
Western Division
Rochester Royals	15	13	.536	—	92.0	92.7
Minneapolis Lakers*	13	14	.481	1.5	99.8	100.3
Fort Wayne Pistons*	11	13	.458	2.0	94.9	96.6
St. Louis Hawks*	10	15	.400	3.5	95.4	96.8

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