NBA and ABA Games Played on December 22, 1972

Dec 21, 1972 Dec 22, 1972 Dec 23, 1972

7 NBA Games

Atlanta	110	Final
Buffalo	109

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	24	24	33	29
Buffalo	29	20	27	33

PTS	L. Hudson-ATL	33
TRB	B. McAdoo-BUF	21

New York	98	Final
Cleveland	87

	1	2	3	4
New York	24	23	23	28
Cleveland	22	14	29	22

PTS	A. Carr-CLE	27
TRB	J. Johnson-CLE	15

Seattle	97	Final
Detroit	109

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	24	17	29	27
Detroit	24	24	27	34

PTS	B. Lanier-DET	23
TRB	B. Lanier-DET	33

Philadelphia	103	Final
Houston	116

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	20	24	26	33
Houston	27	27	36	26

PTS	J. Marin-HOU	29
TRB	R. Tomjanovich-HOU	19

Boston	118	Final
Kansas City-Omaha	90

	1	2	3	4
Boston	29	25	42	22
Kansas City-Omaha	22	20	25	23

PTS	T. Archibald-KCO	32
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	18

Phoenix	118	Final
LA Lakers	110

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	36	30	30	22
LA Lakers	23	35	22	30

PTS	G. Goodrich-LAL	39
TRB	W. Chamberlain-LAL	23

Chicago	127	Final
Portland	97

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	30	29	36	32
Portland	21	21	21	34

PTS	B. Love-CHI	33
TRB	C. Ray-CHI	12

4 ABA Games

San Diego	102	Final
Carolina	121

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	23	23	31	25
Carolina	21	33	31	36

PTS	S. Johnson-SDA	22
TRB	B. Cunningham-CAR	20

Indiana	142	Final
Dallas	147	2OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT
Indiana	26	32	36	22	15	11
Dallas	33	24	28	31	15	16

PTS	R. Jones-DLC	39
TRB	M. Daniels-INA	19

Denver	116	Final
Kentucky	128

	1	2	3	4
Denver	31	32	26	27
Kentucky	33	25	29	41

PTS	A. Gilmore-KEN	31
TRB	D. Issel-KEN	16

Utah	97	Final
New York	84

	1	2	3	4
Utah	28	12	26	31
New York	12	21	16	35

PTS	B. Taylor-NYA	19
TRB	B. Paultz-NYA	18

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	27	4	.871	—	112.6	102.0
New York Knicks*	27	9	.750	2.5	106.4	96.4
Buffalo Braves	9	24	.273	19.0	99.4	109.4
Philadelphia 76ers	3	32	.086	26.0	103.4	117.3
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	18	14	.563	—	103.8	100.6
Atlanta Hawks*	19	15	.559	—	109.7	110.0
Houston Rockets	14	18	.438	4.0	108.4	110.1
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	26	.257	10.5	99.0	104.8

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	24	9	.727	—	106.0	95.5
Chicago Bulls*	21	11	.656	2.5	102.4	97.2
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	20	18	.526	6.5	107.2	109.5
Detroit Pistons	15	17	.469	8.5	111.9	112.8
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	27	6	.818	—	114.8	104.3
Golden State Warriors*	20	11	.645	6.0	108.1	104.5
Phoenix Suns	16	18	.471	11.5	109.8	109.6
Seattle SuperSonics	10	28	.263	19.5	99.9	106.9
Portland Trail Blazers	8	27	.229	20.0	104.2	113.1

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