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NBA Games Played on December 31, 1955

Dec 30, 1955 Dec 31, 1955 Jan 1, 1956

2 NBA Games

Boston	112	Final
Rochester	100

	1	2	3	4
Boston	25	33	25	29
Rochester	20	28	28	24

PTS	E. Fleming-ROC	28

New York	92	Final
Syracuse	101

	1	2	3	4
New York	29	15	23	25
Syracuse	24	30	18	29

PTS	2 tied	19

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Philadelphia Warriors*	16	8	.667	—	98.6	95.5
Boston Celtics*	15	9	.625	1.0	104.8	101.1
New York Knicks*	15	12	.556	2.5	98.9	98.7
Syracuse Nationals*	14	14	.500	4.0	97.9	97.0
Western Division
Fort Wayne Pistons*	13	12	.520	—	95.2	93.6
St. Louis Hawks*	11	14	.440	2.0	94.6	95.5
Rochester Royals	12	17	.414	3.0	94.3	95.2
Minneapolis Lakers*	9	19	.321	5.5	96.4	103.0

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