NBA and ABA Games Played on December 21, 1971

Dec 20, 1971 Dec 21, 1971 Dec 22, 1971

5 NBA Games

LA Lakers	117	Final
Buffalo	103

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	21	24	43	29
Buffalo	27	28	22	26

PTS	J. West-LAL	33
TRB	W. Chamberlain-LAL	22

Detroit	92	Final
Chicago	127

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	17	24	23	28
Chicago	21	33	35	38

PTS	B. Love-CHI	28
TRB	C. Ray-CHI	15

New York	113	Final
Golden State	87

	1	2	3	4
New York	36	23	21	33
Golden State	30	16	19	22

PTS	W. Frazier-NYK	27
TRB	2 tied	19

Philadelphia	119	Final
Phoenix	124

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	28	35	26	30
Phoenix	30	30	34	30

PTS	P. Silas-PHO	29
TRB	B. Bridges-PHI	15

Houston	132	Final
Portland	119

	1	2	3	4
Houston	26	33	37	36
Portland	27	33	22	37

PTS	E. Hayes-HOU	44
TRB	E. Hayes-HOU	15

3 ABA Games

Utah	106	Final
Dallas	96

	1	2	3	4
Utah	22	21	32	31
Dallas	25	21	29	21

PTS	Z. Beaty-UTS	34
TRB	Z. Beaty-UTS	16

Indiana	109	Final
Denver	113

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	33	27	20	29
Denver	20	24	43	26

PTS	R. Brown-INA	30
TRB	2 tied	15

Kentucky	113	Final
Pittsburgh	111

	1	2	3	4
Kentucky	37	28	26	22
Pittsburgh	34	28	28	21

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	32
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	22

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	22	12	.647	—	114.2	108.9
New York Knicks*	19	13	.594	2.0	106.9	101.3
Philadelphia 76ers	14	20	.412	8.0	110.7	115.2
Buffalo Braves	12	20	.375	9.0	102.3	109.3
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	12	20	.375	—	105.1	109.7
Cleveland Cavaliers	11	23	.324	2.0	101.8	108.9
Atlanta Hawks*	10	22	.313	2.0	105.9	110.4
Cincinnati Royals	10	22	.313	2.0	104.7	110.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	30	4	.882	—	114.8	100.7
Chicago Bulls*	22	10	.688	7.0	111.5	102.8
Phoenix Suns	19	15	.559	11.0	117.0	110.9
Detroit Pistons	12	22	.353	18.0	106.4	114.0
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	32	3	.914	—	121.7	107.7
Seattle SuperSonics	22	14	.611	10.5	107.5	104.5
Golden State Warriors*	18	17	.514	14.0	104.0	105.1
Houston Rockets	13	23	.361	19.5	106.3	110.8
Portland Trail Blazers	8	26	.235	23.5	107.3	118.6

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