NBA and ABA Games Played on January 3, 1971

Jan 2, 1971 Jan 3, 1971 Jan 4, 1971

2 NBA Games

Boston	140	Final
Atlanta	128

	1	2	3	4
Boston	32	35	35	38
Atlanta	24	27	32	45

PTS	D. Chaney-BOS	31
TRB	2 tied	11

San Francisco	81	Final
Phoenix	102

	1	2	3	4
San Francisco	26	21	21	13
Phoenix	23	31	20	28

PTS	C. Haskins-PHO	32
TRB	J. Lucas-SFW	19

4 ABA Games

Texas	124	Final
Denver	129	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Texas	30	31	27	29	7
Denver	31	25	33	28	12

PTS	R. Boone-TEX	35
TRB	J. Keye-DNR	21

Kentucky	124	Final
Floridians	119

	1	2	3	4
Kentucky	34	27	35	28
Floridians	39	29	28	23

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	36
TRB	3 tied	14

New York	109	Final
Pittsburgh	115

	1	2	3	4
New York	27	28	29	25
Pittsburgh	31	34	27	23

PTS	R. Barry-NYA	27

Carolina	124	Final
Virginia	135

	1	2	3	4
Carolina	26	37	26	35
Virginia	36	29	35	35

PTS	C. Scott-VIR	37
TRB	J. Eakins-VIR	18

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
New York Knicks*	31	12	.721	—	109.5	102.0
Boston Celtics	24	17	.585	6.0	117.6	115.0
Philadelphia 76ers*	24	19	.558	7.0	113.9	112.4
Buffalo Braves	11	32	.256	20.0	104.2	110.8
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	23	16	.590	—	113.5	110.3
Cincinnati Royals	17	21	.447	5.5	116.0	117.7
Atlanta Hawks*	14	28	.333	10.5	111.8	115.4
Cleveland Cavaliers	5	41	.109	21.5	99.1	115.1

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	30	7	.811	—	117.9	105.5
Detroit Pistons	26	15	.634	6.0	110.5	109.5
Chicago Bulls*	24	16	.600	7.5	111.0	105.8
Phoenix Suns	25	19	.568	8.5	114.3	112.0
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	22	17	.564	—	114.9	111.0
San Diego Rockets	23	20	.535	1.0	113.5	113.2
San Francisco Warriors*	23	21	.523	1.5	107.2	107.4
Seattle SuperSonics	19	22	.463	4.0	114.1	116.0
Portland Trail Blazers	12	30	.286	11.5	113.9	120.3

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