NBA Games Played on April 8, 1961

Apr 7, 1961 Apr 8, 1961 Apr 9, 1961

1 NBA Game

Boston	120	Final
St. Louis	124

	1	2	3	4
Boston	31	35	31	23
St. Louis	28	38	32	26

PTS	B. Pettit-STL	31
TRB	B. Pettit-STL	24

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Eastern Division
Boston Celtics*	57	22	.722	—	119.7	114.1
Philadelphia Warriors*	46	33	.582	11.0	121.0	120.1
Syracuse Nationals*	38	41	.481	19.0	121.3	119.2
New York Knicks	21	58	.266	36.0	113.7	120.1
Western Division
St. Louis Hawks*	51	28	.646	—	118.8	115.2
Los Angeles Lakers*	36	43	.456	15.0	114.0	114.1
Detroit Pistons*	34	45	.430	17.0	118.6	121.0
Cincinnati Royals	33	46	.418	18.0	117.9	121.3

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