NBA and ABA Games Played on December 17, 1972

Dec 16, 1972 Dec 17, 1972 Dec 18, 1972

3 NBA Games

Houston	110	Final
Cleveland	109

	1	2	3	4
Houston	24	17	39	30
Cleveland	33	32	28	16

PTS	J. Marin-HOU	35
TRB	R. Roberson-CLE	13

Kansas City-Omaha	102	Final
Phoenix	112

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City-Omaha	24	24	25	29
Phoenix	22	28	36	26

PTS	2 tied	26
TRB	N. Walk-PHO	14

Boston	123	Final
Seattle	98

	1	2	3	4
Boston	25	30	31	37
Seattle	24	12	27	35

PTS	S. Haywood-SEA	34
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	16

3 ABA Games

Memphis	125	Final
Carolina	118

	1	2	3	4
Memphis	28	31	29	37
Carolina	29	22	31	36

PTS	M. Calvin-CAR	30
TRB	B. Cunningham-CAR	18

Virginia	108	Final
New York	112

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	25	24	32	27
New York	30	28	30	24

PTS	J. Erving-VIR	35
TRB	3 tied	11

Denver	104	Final
San Diego	113

	1	2	3	4
Denver	21	29	27	27
San Diego	23	27	31	32

PTS	C. Williams-SDA	31

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	26	3	.897	—	112.4	101.9
New York Knicks*	25	8	.758	3.0	106.8	95.8
Buffalo Braves	9	22	.290	18.0	99.1	108.8
Philadelphia 76ers	3	30	.091	25.0	103.1	116.6
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	18	13	.581	—	104.2	100.7
Atlanta Hawks*	17	15	.531	1.5	109.4	110.3
Houston Rockets	13	17	.433	4.5	108.3	109.8
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	25	.265	10.5	99.4	105.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	22	9	.710	—	105.0	95.8
Chicago Bulls*	20	10	.667	1.5	101.7	96.8
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	18	16	.529	5.5	107.3	109.4
Detroit Pistons	13	17	.433	8.5	111.0	113.3
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	25	5	.833	—	115.3	104.4
Golden State Warriors*	19	11	.633	6.0	107.9	104.2
Phoenix Suns	14	18	.438	12.0	109.3	110.4
Seattle SuperSonics	10	25	.286	17.5	100.3	106.0
Portland Trail Blazers	7	24	.226	18.5	104.6	112.8

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