NBA and ABA Games Played on December 20, 1970

Dec 19, 1970 Dec 20, 1970 Dec 21, 1970

6 NBA Games

Detroit	136	Final
Cincinnati	135	2OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT
Detroit	24	30	27	34	12	9
Cincinnati	29	27	25	34	12	8

PTS	J. Green-CIN	39
TRB	2 tied	13

Chicago	116	Final
Cleveland	103

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	32	10	37	37
Cleveland	18	28	20	37

PTS	C. Walker-CHI	24
TRB	T. Boerwinkle-CHI	22

Buffalo	101	Final
Milwaukee	131

	1	2	3	4
Buffalo	25	34	19	23
Milwaukee	36	21	37	37

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	27

New York	133	Final
Phoenix	118

	1	2	3	4
New York	32	44	29	28
Phoenix	29	26	32	31

PTS	W. Frazier-NYK	26
TRB	W. Frazier-NYK	13

Philadelphia	134	Final
Portland	132	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Philadelphia	37	30	27	29	11
Portland	32	33	30	28	9

PTS	3 tied	31
TRB	B. Cunningham-PHI	27

San Diego	110	Final
Seattle	108

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	22	33	23	32
Seattle	38	20	32	18

PTS	E. Hayes-SDR	35
TRB	T. Black-SEA	21

2 ABA Games

Texas	118	Final
New York	106

	1	2	3	4
Texas	32	27	34	25
New York	20	26	34	26

PTS	R. Barry-NYA	41

Carolina	108	Final
Utah	129

	1	2	3	4
Carolina	23	16	27	42
Utah	31	33	35	30

PTS	M. Jackson-UTS	28
TRB	Z. Beaty-UTS	14

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
New York Knicks*	28	10	.737	—	109.4	101.2
Boston Celtics	20	13	.606	5.5	116.7	112.8
Philadelphia 76ers*	20	17	.541	7.5	113.4	112.1
Buffalo Braves	11	26	.297	16.5	104.4	110.3
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	19	14	.576	—	113.2	111.1
Cincinnati Royals	13	19	.406	5.5	115.5	118.1
Atlanta Hawks*	11	22	.333	8.0	111.5	115.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	3	35	.079	18.5	99.6	114.8

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	25	6	.806	—	117.4	106.5
Detroit Pistons	23	13	.639	4.5	111.1	109.8
Chicago Bulls*	20	12	.625	5.5	109.8	104.2
Phoenix Suns	20	17	.541	8.0	113.4	111.8
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	19	12	.613	—	115.3	109.7
San Francisco Warriors*	21	16	.568	1.0	106.5	105.7
San Diego Rockets	20	18	.526	2.5	113.4	114.0
Seattle SuperSonics	15	22	.405	7.0	113.2	116.4
Portland Trail Blazers	11	27	.289	11.5	113.6	119.9

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