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NBA and ABA Games Played on March 22, 1972

Mar 21, 1972 Mar 22, 1972 Mar 23, 1972

6 NBA Games

Houston	106	Final
Atlanta	107

	1	2	3	4
Houston	32	26	17	31
Atlanta	27	20	27	33

PTS	S. Lantz-HOU	29
TRB	R. Tomjanovich-HOU	19

Golden State	121	Final
Baltimore	101

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	27	26	30	38
Baltimore	30	27	24	20

PTS	C. Russell-GSW	33
TRB	W. Unseld-BAL	20

Philadelphia	106	Final
Boston	113

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	23	19	37	27
Boston	27	25	30	31

PTS	B. Cunningham-PHI	26
TRB	2 tied	10

Detroit	130	Final
Cincinnati	135

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	25	37	33	35
Cincinnati	34	37	36	28

PTS	T. Archibald-CIN	46
TRB	2 tied	17

LA Lakers	120	Final
Cleveland	124

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	25	35	28	32
Cleveland	40	20	30	34

PTS	2 tied	31
TRB	W. Chamberlain-LAL	19

Buffalo	99	Final
New York	123

	1	2	3	4
Buffalo	20	29	30	20
New York	40	25	29	29

PTS	B. Bradley-NYK	33
TRB	D. DeBusschere-NYK	11

4 ABA Games

Denver	96	Final
Dallas	105

	1	2	3	4
Denver	30	27	14	25
Dallas	22	36	22	25

PTS	R. Simpson-DNR	34
TRB	J. Keye-DNR	13

Virginia	118	Final
Indiana	129

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	24	38	28	28
Indiana	39	31	22	37

PTS	J. Erving-VIR	38
TRB	M. Daniels-INA	27

Pittsburgh	121	Final
Kentucky	125

	1	2	3	4
Pittsburgh	25	32	30	34
Kentucky	25	35	34	31

PTS	2 tied	34
TRB	M. Lewis-PTC	15

Carolina	117	Final
New York	113

	1	2	3	4
Carolina	23	23	35	36
New York	31	28	28	26

PTS	R. Barry-NYA	32
TRB	2 tied	13

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	54	26	.675	—	115.3	110.6
New York Knicks*	47	32	.595	6.5	107.5	104.4
Philadelphia 76ers	30	50	.375	24.0	112.4	115.9
Buffalo Braves	22	57	.278	31.5	101.8	111.1
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	37	42	.468	—	107.2	108.1
Atlanta Hawks*	34	46	.425	3.5	109.3	111.5
Cincinnati Royals	28	51	.354	9.0	107.3	111.5
Cleveland Cavaliers	23	56	.291	14.0	105.7	113.2

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	61	19	.763	—	114.4	103.8
Chicago Bulls*	55	25	.688	6.0	111.0	103.0
Phoenix Suns	48	32	.600	13.0	116.3	110.9
Detroit Pistons	25	54	.316	35.5	109.0	115.8
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	67	13	.838	—	121.1	108.8
Golden State Warriors*	50	30	.625	17.0	108.2	107.2
Seattle SuperSonics	47	33	.588	20.0	109.5	108.5
Houston Rockets	31	48	.392	35.5	109.2	111.5
Portland Trail Blazers	18	63	.222	49.5	106.8	116.4

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