NBA and ABA Games Played on December 17, 1971

Dec 16, 1971 Dec 17, 1971 Dec 18, 1971

8 NBA Games

Atlanta	103	Final
Baltimore	114

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	18	36	27	22
Baltimore	23	24	29	38

PTS	2 tied	31
TRB	W. Unseld-BAL	22

New York	115	Final
Buffalo	95

	1	2	3	4
New York	33	24	37	21
Buffalo	22	21	23	29

PTS	W. Frazier-NYK	39
TRB	D. DeBusschere-NYK	17

Houston	109	Final
Chicago	98

	1	2	3	4
Houston	24	32	22	31
Chicago	19	31	30	18

PTS	C. Walker-CHI	32
TRB	T. Boerwinkle-CHI	15

Boston	115	Final
Cleveland	109

	1	2	3	4
Boston	31	32	27	25
Cleveland	32	24	38	15

PTS	J. Havlicek-BOS	25
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	11

Golden State	99	Final
LA Lakers	129

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	27	28	21	23
LA Lakers	30	25	33	41

PTS	C. Russell-GSW	26
TRB	2 tied	18

Seattle	113	Final
Milwaukee	120

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	25	29	32	27
Milwaukee	28	26	27	39

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	44
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	17

Detroit	102	Final
Phoenix	123

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	20	19	28	35
Phoenix	28	29	31	35

PTS	D. Van Arsdale-PHO	26
TRB	C. Hawkins-PHO	11

Philadelphia	126	Final
Portland	127

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	37	25	44	20
Portland	36	36	30	25

PTS	B. Cunningham-PHI	47
TRB	2 tied	12

5 ABA Games

Memphis	92	Final
Indiana	94

	1	2	3	4
Memphis	27	20	23	22
Indiana	20	17	31	26

PTS	R. Brown-INA	32
TRB	2 tied	14

Virginia	104	Final
Kentucky	128

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	34	19	24	27
Kentucky	25	33	32	38

PTS	C. Scott-VIR	34
TRB	J. Erving-VIR	26

Dallas	83	Final
New York	90

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	18	15	26	24
New York	22	19	21	28

PTS	B. Paultz-NYA	27

Carolina	146	Final
Pittsburgh	143	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Carolina	35	20	37	41	13
Pittsburgh	33	36	33	31	10

PTS	J. McDaniels-CAR	43
TRB	P. Ruffner-PTC	16

Denver	109	Final
Utah	136

	1	2	3	4
Denver	33	24	23	29
Utah	41	32	36	27

PTS	G. Combs-UTS	33
TRB	F. Card-DNR	16

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	21	12	.636	—	113.9	109.4
New York Knicks*	17	13	.567	2.5	106.8	102.3
Philadelphia 76ers	14	18	.438	6.5	109.8	113.7
Buffalo Braves	12	18	.400	7.5	102.7	108.6
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	12	18	.400	—	105.7	109.2
Cleveland Cavaliers	11	21	.344	2.0	102.4	108.7
Cincinnati Royals	10	20	.333	2.0	104.5	109.7
Atlanta Hawks*	8	22	.267	4.0	105.5	111.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	29	4	.879	—	114.9	100.8
Chicago Bulls*	20	10	.667	7.5	110.7	103.2
Phoenix Suns	18	13	.581	10.0	116.8	109.3
Detroit Pistons	12	19	.387	16.0	106.8	113.1
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	29	3	.906	—	120.5	107.2
Seattle SuperSonics	20	14	.588	10.0	106.8	103.8
Golden State Warriors*	17	16	.515	12.5	103.7	105.0
Houston Rockets	11	23	.324	19.0	105.0	110.4
Portland Trail Blazers	7	24	.226	21.5	106.7	118.7

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