NBA and ABA Games Played on December 8, 1971

Dec 7, 1971 Dec 8, 1971 Dec 9, 1971

4 NBA Games

Portland	97	Final
Baltimore	115

	1	2	3	4
Portland	27	26	20	24
Baltimore	20	32	33	30

PTS	A. Clark-BAL	30
TRB	W. Unseld-BAL	15

Cleveland	107	Final
Boston	126

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	22	24	21	40
Boston	33	30	34	29

PTS	J. Havlicek-BOS	28
TRB	D. Chaney-BOS	10

Philadelphia	115	Final
Cincinnati	109

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	29	31	28	27
Cincinnati	25	27	32	25

PTS	T. Archibald-CIN	26
TRB	J. Green-CIN	17

LA Lakers	125	Final
Houston	120

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	36	32	31	26
Houston	26	32	35	27

PTS	G. Goodrich-LAL	42
TRB	E. Hayes-HOU	22

3 ABA Games

Kentucky	121	Final
Carolina	111

	1	2	3	4
Kentucky	27	25	39	30
Carolina	29	21	29	32

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	41

Denver	91	Final
Memphis	109

	1	2	3	4
Denver	15	23	34	19
Memphis	26	31	23	29

PTS	R. Simpson-DNR	24

Dallas	97	Final
Utah	116

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	25	23	29	20
Utah	24	25	28	39

PTS	2 tied	25
TRB	W. Wise-UTS	14

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	17	10	.630	—	115.5	110.2
New York Knicks*	14	12	.538	2.5	105.9	102.7
Philadelphia 76ers	13	14	.481	4.0	109.7	113.3
Buffalo Braves	11	15	.423	5.5	102.3	108.0
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	11	15	.423	—	106.5	110.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	18	.333	2.5	103.0	109.7
Atlanta Hawks*	8	17	.320	2.5	106.0	111.0
Cincinnati Royals	8	17	.320	2.5	105.1	110.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	24	4	.857	—	114.9	100.1
Chicago Bulls*	18	7	.720	4.5	111.0	102.4
Phoenix Suns	14	11	.560	8.5	116.0	109.1
Detroit Pistons	10	15	.400	12.5	107.3	113.6
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	24	3	.889	—	120.1	107.2
Seattle SuperSonics	18	11	.621	7.0	107.3	104.0
Golden State Warriors*	16	13	.552	9.0	103.7	103.9
Houston Rockets	6	22	.214	18.5	105.0	112.1
Portland Trail Blazers	5	22	.185	19.0	106.1	118.2

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