NBA and ABA Games Played on December 26, 1972

Dec 25, 1972 Dec 26, 1972 Dec 27, 1972

8 NBA Games

New York	106	Final
Boston	115

	1	2	3	4
New York	26	27	27	26
Boston	24	32	26	33

PTS	D. Cowens-BOS	38
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	20

Baltimore	121	Final
Buffalo	104

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	28	26	31	36
Buffalo	20	22	22	40

PTS	E. Smith-BUF	25
TRB	W. Unseld-BAL	18

Kansas City-Omaha	103	Final
Chicago	117

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City-Omaha	25	28	22	28
Chicago	26	30	33	28

PTS	T. Archibald-KCO	34
TRB	S. Lacey-KCO	15

Atlanta	96	Final
Cleveland	115

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	24	18	26	28
Cleveland	30	27	28	30

PTS	L. Hudson-ATL	27
TRB	R. Roberson-CLE	15

Milwaukee	105	Final
Detroit	112

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	26	24	29	26
Detroit	34	27	29	22

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	43
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	17

Seattle	97	Final
Golden State	95

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	25	27	20	25
Golden State	21	18	32	24

PTS	S. Haywood-SEA	42
TRB	N. Thurmond-GSW	24

Phoenix	110	Final
Houston	113

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	30	28	27	25
Houston	27	31	26	29

PTS	C. Scott-PHO	32
TRB	R. Tomjanovich-HOU	14

Portland	92	Final
LA Lakers	116

	1	2	3	4
Portland	12	20	29	31
LA Lakers	26	25	30	35

PTS	G. Goodrich-LAL	25
TRB	S. Wicks-POR	17

4 ABA Games

Virginia	126	Final
Dallas	131

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	27	34	36	29
Dallas	36	34	34	27

PTS	R. Jones-DLC	30
TRB	2 tied	12

Indiana	120	Final
Kentucky	129

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	27	25	24	44
Kentucky	30	31	36	32

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	38
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	18

Denver	103	Final
San Diego	101

	1	2	3	4
Denver	28	22	36	17
San Diego	23	29	21	28

PTS	R. Simpson-DNR	26
TRB	B. Beck-DNR	13

Memphis	112	Final
Utah	119

	1	2	3	4
Memphis	24	29	21	38
Utah	38	34	23	24

PTS	W. Wise-UTS	23
TRB	G. Govan-UTS	18

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	28	5	.848	—	112.2	102.2
New York Knicks*	28	10	.737	2.5	106.6	97.2
Buffalo Braves	9	25	.265	19.5	99.6	109.7
Philadelphia 76ers	3	33	.083	26.5	103.6	117.4
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	20	14	.588	—	104.3	100.6
Atlanta Hawks*	20	16	.556	1.0	109.7	110.2
Houston Rockets	15	18	.455	4.5	108.5	110.1
Cleveland Cavaliers	10	26	.278	11.0	99.5	104.5

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	26	10	.722	—	105.9	96.1
Chicago Bulls*	22	13	.629	3.5	103.2	98.7
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	20	20	.500	8.0	106.9	109.6
Detroit Pistons	16	19	.457	9.5	111.4	112.3
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	28	6	.824	—	114.9	103.9
Golden State Warriors*	21	12	.636	6.5	108.3	104.4
Phoenix Suns	17	19	.472	12.0	109.9	109.7
Seattle SuperSonics	11	29	.275	20.0	100.1	106.8
Portland Trail Blazers	9	28	.243	20.5	104.2	113.2

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