NBA and ABA Games Played on October 17, 1971

Oct 16, 1971 Oct 17, 1971 Oct 18, 1971

3 NBA Games

New York	121	Final
Cleveland	120	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
New York	25	26	34	23	13
Cleveland	22	29	26	31	12

PTS	W. Wesley-CLE	34
TRB	W. Reed-NYK	14

Houston	99	Final
Detroit	112

	1	2	3	4
Houston	20	21	27	31
Detroit	28	15	34	35

PTS	J. Walker-DET	38
TRB	R. Tomjanovich-HOU	16

Milwaukee	127	Final
Portland	94

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	38	24	37	28
Portland	21	25	22	26

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	25
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	15

No games played on this date.

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Philadelphia 76ers	3	0	1.000	—	107.7	98.7
New York Knicks*	1	2	.333	2.0	103.0	110.0
Buffalo Braves	1	2	.333	2.0	96.7	108.3
Boston Celtics*	0	1	.000	2.0	75.0	97.0
Central Division
Cincinnati Royals	1	0	1.000	—	127.0	113.0
Baltimore Bullets*	1	1	.500	0.5	95.0	99.5
Cleveland Cavaliers	1	2	.333	1.0	107.3	107.0
Atlanta Hawks*	0	2	.000	1.5	107.5	115.5

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	3	0	1.000	—	111.7	94.0
Detroit Pistons	2	1	.667	1.0	102.0	105.0
Chicago Bulls*	1	1	.500	1.5	103.0	98.0
Phoenix Suns	1	1	.500	1.5	112.5	109.0
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	2	0	1.000	—	125.5	103.5
Seattle SuperSonics	2	1	.667	0.5	111.0	92.0
Golden State Warriors*	1	1	.500	1.0	95.0	91.5
Portland Trail Blazers	0	2	.000	2.0	91.0	123.0
Houston Rockets	0	3	.000	2.5	100.3	115.0

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