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NBA 1956-57 Regular Season Standings.

Complete 1956-1957 NBA season standings, with conference and division positions and teams that qualified for the playoffs.

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This page features the complete 1956-57 NBA season standings, including conference and division positions, wins, loses, percentage, games behind and teams that qualified for the playoffs.

NBA Season and Playoffs:
Previous Season: 1955-56
Next Season: 1957-58

1956-57

> Summary
> Standings
> Season Leaders
> Playoff Brackets
> Playoff Results

Best Record All-NBA 1st Team Season MVP
Boston Celtics
44-28
Paul Arizin
Dolph Schayes
Bob Pettit
Bob Cousy
Bill Sharman
Bob Cousy
Boston Celtics

x = teams that made the playoffs are marked with an "x".

NBA 1956-57 Division Standings

Western Division Eastern Division
Team W L Pct GB
1. St. Louis Hawks 34 38 .472 - x
2. Minneapolis Lakers 34 38 .472 - x
3. Fort Wayne Pistons 34 38 .472 - x
4. Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 3
Team W L Pct GB
1. Boston Celtics 44 28 .611 - x
2. Syracuse Nationals 38 34 .528 6 x
3. Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 .514 7 x
4. New York Knicks 36 36 .500 8

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.

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