NBA and ABA Games Played on December 22, 1970

Dec 21, 1970 Dec 22, 1970 Dec 23, 1970

5 NBA Games

Cleveland	80	Final
Chicago	121

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	19	20	18	23
Chicago	35	30	30	26

PTS	B. Love-CHI	22
TRB	T. Boerwinkle-CHI	16

Atlanta	119	Final
LA Lakers	115

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	26	24	41	28
LA Lakers	34	32	21	28

PTS	W. Hazzard-ATL	32
TRB	W. Chamberlain-LAL	27

Philadelphia	133	Final
Phoenix	129	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Philadelphia	20	25	35	35	18
Phoenix	30	35	26	24	14

PTS	C. Hawkins-PHO	33
TRB	P. Silas-PHO	13

New York	108	Final
Seattle	119

	1	2	3	4
New York	27	28	27	26
Seattle	25	41	24	29

PTS	D. DeBusschere-NYK	27
TRB	P. Cross-SEA	18

Boston	138	Final
San Francisco	108

	1	2	3	4
Boston	32	33	28	45
San Francisco	30	24	23	31

PTS	2 tied	35
TRB	N. Thurmond-SFW	16

4 ABA Games

Indiana	131	Final
Floridians	123

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	29	34	36	32
Floridians	35	35	29	24

PTS	M. Calvin-FLO	33
TRB	I. Harge-FLO	21

Pittsburgh	100	Final
Kentucky	116

	1	2	3	4
Pittsburgh	16	34	25	25
Kentucky	34	25	33	24

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	40
TRB	D. Issel-KEN	29

Denver	104	Final
Memphis	102

	1	2	3	4
Denver	27	22	28	27
Memphis	17	18	31	36

PTS	L. Cannon-DNR	32

Carolina	132	Final
Texas	160

	1	2	3	4
Carolina	38	31	30	33
Texas	40	37	48	35

PTS	B. Verga-CAR	26

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
New York Knicks*	28	11	.718	—	109.4	101.6
Boston Celtics	21	13	.618	4.5	117.3	112.7
Philadelphia 76ers*	21	17	.553	6.5	113.9	112.5
Buffalo Braves	11	26	.297	16.0	104.4	110.3
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	19	14	.576	—	113.2	111.1
Cincinnati Royals	13	19	.406	5.5	115.5	118.1
Atlanta Hawks*	12	22	.353	7.5	111.8	115.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	3	36	.077	19.0	99.1	115.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	26	6	.813	—	117.3	105.9
Detroit Pistons	23	13	.639	5.0	111.1	109.8
Chicago Bulls*	21	12	.636	5.5	110.2	103.5
Phoenix Suns	20	18	.526	9.0	113.8	112.3
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	19	14	.576	—	114.4	110.1
San Francisco Warriors*	21	17	.553	0.5	106.5	106.6
San Diego Rockets	20	18	.526	1.5	113.4	114.0
Seattle SuperSonics	16	22	.421	5.5	113.3	116.2
Portland Trail Blazers	11	27	.289	10.5	113.6	119.9

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