NBA Games Played on January 3, 1978

Jan 2, 1978 Jan 3, 1978 Jan 4, 1978

6 NBA Games

Detroit	106	Final
Atlanta	103

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	29	32	24	21
Atlanta	28	28	22	25

PTS	B. Lanier-DET	22
TRB	B. Lanier-DET	14

Phoenix	125	Final
Milwaukee	103

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	35	29	30	31
Milwaukee	34	30	18	21

PTS	P. Westphal-PHO	34
TRB	M. Johnson-MIL	12

Indiana	104	Final
New Orleans	103

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	22	21	38	23
New Orleans	24	34	26	19

PTS	P. Maravich-NOJ	38
TRB	T. Robinson-NOJ	17

LA Lakers	120	Final
New York	117

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	24	27	40	29
New York	25	31	31	30

PTS	B. McAdoo-NYK	38
TRB	L. Shelton-NYK	13

Chicago	90	Final
Portland	92

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	22	19	21	28
Portland	18	22	27	25

PTS	2 tied	27
TRB	B. Walton-POR	17

Denver	101	Final
Washington	100

	1	2	3	4
Denver	27	26	22	26
Washington	32	21	24	23

PTS	D. Thompson-DEN	26
TRB	E. Hayes-WSB	18

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	16	.556	3.5	111.7	111.1
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	14	.588	—	109.1	107.0
San Antonio Spurs*	19	16	.543	1.5	113.9	113.3
Cleveland Cavaliers*	18	16	.529	2.0	101.8	102.4
Atlanta Hawks*	17	19	.472	4.0	104.0	106.2
New Orleans Jazz	14	21	.400	6.5	107.7	110.3
Houston Rockets	13	20	.394	6.5	104.4	106.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Denver Nuggets*	22	13	.629	—	111.9	110.3
Chicago Bulls	20	16	.556	2.5	104.1	102.1
Milwaukee Bucks*	20	18	.526	3.5	111.7	112.2
Detroit Pistons	16	18	.471	5.5	106.1	107.1
Indiana Pacers	15	17	.469	5.5	111.6	110.9
Kansas City Kings	13	22	.371	9.0	107.9	109.6
Pacific Division
Portland Trail Blazers*	29	5	.853	—	110.2	100.7
Phoenix Suns*	22	13	.629	7.5	111.3	107.2
Los Angeles Lakers*	17	18	.486	12.5	107.3	106.7
Seattle SuperSonics*	18	20	.474	13.0	102.9	102.8
Golden State Warriors	15	20	.429	14.5	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.