1956-57
Season:
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NBA 1956-57 Regular Season Standings

This page features the complete 1956-1957 NBA season standings, including conference and division ranks, wins, loses, percentage, games behind and teams that qualified for the playoffs

NBA Champions = NBA Champion

p = the team qualified for the Playoffs

NBA 1956-57 Division Standings

Western Division

Team W L Pct GB
1 St. Louis Hawks 34 38 .472 - p
2 Minneapolis Lakers 34 38 .472 - p
3 Fort Wayne Pistons 34 38 .472 - p
4 Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 3.0

Eastern Division

Team W L Pct GB
1 Boston Celtics NBA Champion 44 28 .611 - p
2 Syracuse Nationals 38 34 .528 6.0 p
3 Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 .514 7.0 p
4 New York Knicks 36 36 .500 8.0

* Two tiebreaker games were played in the Western Division: the Hawks defeated both the Lakers and Pistons.

Note: from 1946-47 to 1969-70 there were no conferences. The league was divided in two divisions (Eastern and Western) with the only exception of the 1949-50 season when there were 3 divisions.

Abbreviations: W = Wins / L = Losses / Pct = Winning Percentage / GB = Games behind