NBA Games Played on January 17, 1978

Jan 16, 1978 Jan 17, 1978 Jan 18, 1978

8 NBA Games

Kansas City	90	Final
Atlanta	111

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City	23	17	33	17
Atlanta	31	34	20	26

PTS	J. Drew-ATL	27
TRB	S. Hawes-ATL	12

Portland	96	Final
Buffalo	94

	1	2	3	4
Portland	24	22	22	28
Buffalo	22	22	30	20

PTS	B. Knight-BUF	28
TRB	B. Walton-POR	15

Indiana	104	Final
Chicago	105

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	32	20	25	27
Chicago	25	27	31	22

PTS	J. Williamson-IND	41
TRB	A. Gilmore-CHI	21

Cleveland	89	Final
Denver	104

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	17	22	29	21
Denver	21	29	28	26

PTS	D. Thompson-DEN	25
TRB	D. Issel-DEN	18

New York	108	Final
LA Lakers	121

	1	2	3	4
New York	27	18	30	33
LA Lakers	28	26	34	33

PTS	B. McAdoo-NYK	28
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	15

New Jersey	109	Final
Milwaukee	119

	1	2	3	4
New Jersey	21	26	29	33
Milwaukee	25	29	39	26

PTS	B. King-NJN	35
TRB	M. Johnson-MIL	15

Houston	95	Final
New Orleans	99

	1	2	3	4
Houston	24	21	24	26
New Orleans	25	28	19	27

PTS	P. Maravich-NOJ	30
TRB	M. Malone-HOU	21

Seattle	113	Final
San Antonio	119

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	32	23	28	30
San Antonio	33	27	34	25

PTS	G. Gervin-SAS	36
TRB	2 tied	14

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Philadelphia 76ers*	28	11	.718	—	114.2	107.9
New York Knicks*	22	20	.524	7.5	110.4	110.8
Buffalo Braves	16	23	.410	12.0	103.4	105.1
Boston Celtics	13	26	.333	15.0	105.8	110.0
New Jersey Nets	9	34	.209	21.0	105.7	112.7
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	24	16	.600	—	109.2	107.2
San Antonio Spurs*	24	18	.571	1.0	113.4	112.2
Cleveland Cavaliers*	19	21	.475	5.0	101.5	102.8
Atlanta Hawks*	20	23	.465	5.5	103.4	104.8
New Orleans Jazz	18	24	.429	7.0	107.3	110.7
Houston Rockets	15	26	.366	9.5	102.6	105.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Denver Nuggets*	28	13	.683	—	112.1	109.7
Chicago Bulls	24	19	.558	5.0	104.5	102.8
Milwaukee Bucks*	24	21	.533	6.0	112.3	112.7
Indiana Pacers	18	22	.450	9.5	110.3	111.5
Detroit Pistons	17	23	.425	10.5	105.8	107.0
Kansas City Kings	15	28	.349	14.0	107.6	109.8
Pacific Division
Portland Trail Blazers*	34	6	.850	—	110.0	101.1
Phoenix Suns*	27	14	.659	7.5	111.6	106.8
Seattle SuperSonics*	23	21	.523	13.0	103.6	102.9
Golden State Warriors	19	22	.463	15.5	106.1	106.5
Los Angeles Lakers*	18	24	.429	17.0	107.0	107.1

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