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NBA and ABA Games Played on December 15, 1971

Dec 14, 1971 Dec 15, 1971 Dec 16, 1971

4 NBA Games

Houston	117	Final
Atlanta	115	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Houston	32	30	28	16	11
Atlanta	24	29	24	29	9

PTS	L. Hudson-ATL	34
TRB	2 tied	16

Seattle	100	Final
Boston	112

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	25	29	23	23
Boston	25	32	30	25

PTS	2 tied	22
TRB	2 tied	14

Milwaukee	122	Final
Buffalo	108

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	28	35	32	27
Buffalo	31	26	26	25

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	35
TRB	2 tied	14

Phoenix	127	Final
Cincinnati	108

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	27	37	34	29
Cincinnati	26	29	23	30

PTS	D. Van Arsdale-PHO	31
TRB	2 tied	13

4 ABA Games

Virginia	105	Final
Floridians	119

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	32	19	30	24
Floridians	32	20	32	35

PTS	C. Scott-VIR	23
TRB	J. Erving-VIR	15

Dallas	110	Final
Indiana	124

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	18	29	36	27
Indiana	33	24	30	37

PTS	R. Brown-INA	25
TRB	M. Daniels-INA	15

Carolina	93	Final
Kentucky	137

	1	2	3	4
Carolina	22	23	22	26
Kentucky	36	27	32	42

PTS	A. Gilmore-KEN	34
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	25

New York	109	Final
Memphis	100

	1	2	3	4
New York	35	23	23	28
Memphis	31	20	17	32

PTS	B. Melchionni-NYA	25
TRB	B. Paultz-NYA	21

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	20	12	.625	—	113.9	109.4
New York Knicks*	16	13	.552	2.5	106.6	102.6
Philadelphia 76ers	14	16	.467	5.0	109.8	113.3
Buffalo Braves	12	17	.414	6.5	102.9	108.3
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	11	18	.379	—	105.4	109.4
Cleveland Cavaliers	11	20	.355	1.0	102.2	108.5
Cincinnati Royals	10	19	.345	1.0	104.6	109.8
Atlanta Hawks*	8	21	.276	3.0	105.6	111.3

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	28	4	.875	—	114.7	100.4
Chicago Bulls*	20	9	.690	6.5	111.1	103.0
Phoenix Suns	17	13	.567	10.0	116.6	109.6
Detroit Pistons	11	18	.379	15.5	106.9	113.1
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	28	3	.903	—	120.2	107.5
Seattle SuperSonics	20	13	.606	9.0	106.6	103.3
Golden State Warriors*	16	15	.516	12.0	103.6	104.6
Houston Rockets	10	23	.303	19.0	104.9	110.8
Portland Trail Blazers	6	24	.200	21.5	106.1	118.5

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