NBA and ABA Games Played on January 3, 1976

Jan 2, 1976 Jan 3, 1976 Jan 4, 1976

8 NBA Games

Phoenix	100	Final
Atlanta	89

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	22	34	29	15
Atlanta	29	24	11	25

PTS	J. Drew-ATL	20
TRB	C. Hawkins-ATL	11

Detroit	104	Final
Cleveland	100

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	25	17	34	28
Cleveland	29	28	19	24

PTS	E. Money-DET	24
TRB	C. Rowe-DET	12

LA Lakers	99	Final
Golden State	130

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	32	24	23	20
Golden State	20	36	31	43

PTS	2 tied	27
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	18

Houston	101	Final
Milwaukee	126

	1	2	3	4
Houston	27	26	22	26
Milwaukee	29	27	32	38

PTS	B. Dandridge-MIL	34
TRB	J. Price-MIL	11

Kansas City	95	Final
New Orleans	120

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City	23	26	22	24
New Orleans	31	31	31	27

PTS	N. Williams-NOJ	23
TRB	O. Moore-NOJ	17

Buffalo	106	Final
New York	107

	1	2	3	4
Buffalo	26	22	35	23
New York	33	21	28	25

PTS	B. McAdoo-BUF	32
TRB	B. McAdoo-BUF	18

Boston	97	Final
Portland	125

	1	2	3	4
Boston	20	22	24	31
Portland	34	16	26	49

PTS	S. Wicks-POR	24
TRB	S. Wicks-POR	15

Philadelphia	104	Final
Washington	119

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	17	29	22	36
Washington	27	31	35	26

PTS	E. Hayes-WSB	37
TRB	E. Hayes-WSB	10

3 ABA Games

St. Louis	115	Final
Denver	126

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	36	33	23	23
Denver	34	24	29	39

PTS	M. Barnes-SSL	31
TRB	D. Issel-DNA	16

New York	105	Final
Indiana	90

	1	2	3	4
New York	26	22	25	32
Indiana	24	21	22	23

PTS	J. Erving-NYA	26
TRB	L. Elmore-INA	21

Kentucky	98	Final
San Antonio	88

	1	2	3	4
Kentucky	23	17	32	26
San Antonio	24	20	22	22

PTS	A. Gilmore-KEN	30
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	26

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	22	10	.688	—	108.7	104.4
Philadelphia 76ers*	22	12	.647	1.0	105.9	104.2
Buffalo Braves*	20	16	.556	4.0	106.1	104.2
New York Knicks	17	21	.447	8.0	103.3	104.9
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	19	15	.559	—	100.7	100.2
Atlanta Hawks	17	15	.531	1.0	102.1	100.5
Cleveland Cavaliers*	18	17	.514	1.5	102.0	101.1
Houston Rockets	16	16	.500	2.0	103.1	105.0
New Orleans Jazz	14	19	.424	4.5	102.1	103.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	15	18	.455	—	98.0	99.9
Detroit Pistons*	14	18	.438	0.5	105.9	106.4
Kansas City Kings	10	23	.303	5.0	100.9	106.6
Chicago Bulls	8	25	.242	7.0	92.7	98.5
Pacific Division
Golden State Warriors*	25	8	.758	—	108.3	99.4
Los Angeles Lakers	21	17	.553	6.5	108.4	108.1
Phoenix Suns*	16	15	.516	8.0	104.3	102.4
Seattle SuperSonics*	18	18	.500	8.5	102.5	104.3
Portland Trail Blazers	13	22	.371	13.0	101.1	102.4

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