NBA Games Played on January 1, 1978

Dec 31, 1977 Jan 1, 1978 Jan 2, 1978

3 NBA Games

Cleveland	87	Final
New York	96

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	23	21	17	26
New York	22	21	32	21

PTS	J. Chones-CLE	24
TRB	B. McAdoo-NYK	22

Kansas City	102	Final
Portland	107

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City	33	21	24	24
Portland	26	24	27	30

PTS	B. Walton-POR	25
TRB	B. Walton-POR	15

Chicago	96	Final
Seattle	114

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	30	15	24	27
Seattle	25	20	35	34

PTS	G. Williams-SEA	32
TRB	2 tied	10

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Philadelphia 76ers*	22	11	.667	—	114.5	109.7
New York Knicks*	20	15	.571	3.0	111.5	110.9
Buffalo Braves	13	20	.394	9.0	103.4	106.1
Boston Celtics	11	23	.324	11.5	106.4	110.9
New Jersey Nets	8	26	.235	14.5	105.6	113.3
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	20	13	.606	—	109.4	107.2
San Antonio Spurs*	19	16	.543	2.0	113.9	113.3
Cleveland Cavaliers*	18	16	.529	2.5	101.8	102.4
Atlanta Hawks*	17	18	.486	4.0	104.0	106.2
New Orleans Jazz	14	20	.412	6.5	107.9	110.5
Houston Rockets	13	20	.394	7.0	104.4	106.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Denver Nuggets*	21	13	.618	—	112.2	110.6
Chicago Bulls	20	15	.571	1.5	104.5	102.4
Milwaukee Bucks*	20	17	.541	2.5	112.0	111.8
Detroit Pistons	15	18	.455	5.5	106.2	107.3
Indiana Pacers	14	17	.452	5.5	111.8	111.2
Kansas City Kings	13	22	.371	8.5	107.9	109.6
Pacific Division
Portland Trail Blazers*	28	5	.848	—	110.8	101.1
Phoenix Suns*	21	13	.618	7.5	110.9	107.3
Seattle SuperSonics*	18	20	.474	12.5	102.9	102.8
Los Angeles Lakers*	16	18	.471	12.5	106.9	106.4
Golden State Warriors	15	20	.429	14.0	106.1	107.5

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