NBA and ABA Games Played on October 17, 1972

Oct 16, 1972 Oct 17, 1972 Oct 18, 1972

4 NBA Games

Boston	119	Final
Atlanta	115

	1	2	3	4
Boston	27	31	30	31
Atlanta	28	30	33	24

PTS	D. Cowens-BOS	29
TRB	W. Bellamy-ATL	14

Philadelphia	114	Final
Buffalo	122

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	23	31	26	34
Buffalo	21	34	42	25

PTS	J. Block-PHI	27
TRB	B. Bridges-PHI	14

Houston	95	Final
New York	103

	1	2	3	4
Houston	27	10	26	32
New York	31	26	22	24

PTS	J. Lucas-NYK	22
TRB	D. DeBusschere-NYK	16

Milwaukee	108	Final
Portland	111

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	23	27	30	28
Portland	29	36	26	20

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	49
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	23

2 ABA Games

New York	93	Final
Dallas	101

	1	2	3	4
New York	21	22	28	22
Dallas	25	23	29	24

PTS	G. Kennedy-DLC	21

Virginia	112	Final
San Diego	117

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	28	30	28	26
San Diego	24	30	35	28

PTS	O. Taylor-SDA	25

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	4	0	1.000	—	112.0	103.8
New York Knicks*	3	1	.750	1.0	110.5	98.3
Buffalo Braves	2	2	.500	2.0	112.0	114.0
Philadelphia 76ers	0	4	.000	4.0	101.0	106.5
Central Division
Houston Rockets	2	1	.667	—	108.3	108.0
Baltimore Bullets*	2	2	.500	0.5	102.8	98.0
Atlanta Hawks*	2	2	.500	0.5	110.5	111.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	0	3	.000	2.0	93.7	102.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	2	1	.667	—	102.0	97.7
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	1	1	.500	0.5	103.5	115.0
Chicago Bulls*	1	2	.333	1.0	91.3	95.0
Detroit Pistons	1	2	.333	1.0	103.0	108.3
Pacific Division
Seattle SuperSonics	2	1	.667	—	95.3	99.0
Phoenix Suns	2	1	.667	—	112.0	111.7
Los Angeles Lakers*	2	2	.500	0.5	107.0	103.5
Golden State Warriors*	1	1	.500	0.5	87.0	88.5
Portland Trail Blazers	1	2	.333	1.0	105.0	108.0

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