NBA and ABA Games Played on January 2, 1973

Jan 1, 1973 Jan 2, 1973 Jan 3, 1973

7 NBA Games

Philadelphia	110	Final
Buffalo	114

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	27	24	26	33
Buffalo	27	27	33	27

PTS	B. McAdoo-BUF	30
TRB	M. Leaks-PHI	16

Atlanta	90	Final
Chicago	100

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	23	22	23	22
Chicago	21	29	30	20

PTS	P. Maravich-ATL	38
TRB	W. Bellamy-ATL	17

Phoenix	88	Final
Cleveland	111

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	25	18	21	24
Cleveland	29	25	30	27

PTS	A. Carr-CLE	20
TRB	R. Roberson-CLE	13

LA Lakers	106	Final
Golden State	112

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	28	31	25	22
Golden State	24	33	30	25

PTS	G. Goodrich-LAL	38
TRB	N. Thurmond-GSW	23

Boston	130	Final
Houston	110

	1	2	3	4
Boston	20	34	34	42
Houston	30	19	22	39

PTS	2 tied	25
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	15

Milwaukee	92	Final
New York	102

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	22	29	24	17
New York	26	27	22	27

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	38
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	15

Kansas City-Omaha	87	Final
Portland	104

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City-Omaha	14	23	34	16
Portland	22	34	21	27

PTS	T. Archibald-KCO	29
TRB	R. Riley-KCO	18

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
Boston Celtics*	30	6	.833	—	112.5	102.6
New York Knicks*	32	10	.762	1.0	106.1	96.8
Buffalo Braves	11	27	.289	20.0	100.3	109.9
Philadelphia 76ers	3	36	.077	28.5	104.3	117.4
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	22	16	.579	—	104.0	100.9
Atlanta Hawks*	22	18	.550	1.0	109.8	110.3
Houston Rockets	16	20	.444	5.0	109.1	110.6
Cleveland Cavaliers	11	28	.282	11.5	99.7	104.3

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	28	13	.683	—	105.1	96.1
Chicago Bulls*	25	13	.658	1.5	103.1	98.3
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	20	23	.465	9.0	106.1	109.8
Detroit Pistons	16	21	.432	10.0	110.4	112.0
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	30	8	.789	—	114.3	104.6
Golden State Warriors*	24	12	.667	5.0	108.8	104.5
Phoenix Suns	19	20	.487	11.5	109.2	109.3
Seattle SuperSonics	12	30	.286	20.0	100.2	106.5
Portland Trail Blazers	10	30	.250	21.0	104.1	112.2

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