NBA and ABA Games Played on December 8, 1972

Dec 7, 1972 Dec 8, 1972 Dec 9, 1972

8 NBA Games

Baltimore	115	Final
Atlanta	134

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	24	32	28	31
Atlanta	34	25	39	36

PTS	P. Maravich-ATL	37
TRB	W. Bellamy-ATL	21

New York	89	Final
Buffalo	91

	1	2	3	4
New York	22	25	24	18
Buffalo	29	26	21	15

PTS	W. Frazier-NYK	26
TRB	E. Smith-BUF	22

Boston	96	Final
Cleveland	87

	1	2	3	4
Boston	30	18	27	21
Cleveland	20	20	22	25

PTS	D. Cowens-BOS	25
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	18

Kansas City-Omaha	100	Final
Detroit	113

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City-Omaha	28	22	27	23
Detroit	21	22	30	40

PTS	B. Lanier-DET	37
TRB	B. Lanier-DET	21

Portland	108	Final
Houston	114

	1	2	3	4
Portland	24	20	38	26
Houston	29	31	29	25

PTS	G. Petrie-POR	34
TRB	O. Moore-HOU	16

Seattle	100	Final
LA Lakers	119

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	21	26	31	22
LA Lakers	28	37	29	25

PTS	H. Hairston-LAL	28
TRB	W. Chamberlain-LAL	16

Golden State	91	Final
Milwaukee	124

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	26	16	22	27
Milwaukee	34	31	31	28

PTS	R. Barry-GSW	26
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	17

Chicago	118	Final
Philadelphia	102

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	27	33	30	28
Philadelphia	23	19	35	25

PTS	F. Carter-PHI	31
TRB	C. Ray-CHI	16

5 ABA Games

Denver	104	Final
Carolina	107

	1	2	3	4
Denver	29	21	25	29
Carolina	34	22	22	29

PTS	2 tied	22
TRB	J. Keye-DNR	13

Indiana	114	Final
Kentucky	121

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	28	35	21	30
Kentucky	35	29	26	31

PTS	M. Daniels-INA	36
TRB	M. Daniels-INA	19

Dallas	108	Final
Memphis	109

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	31	26	27	24
Memphis	24	26	27	32

PTS	G. Thompson-MMT	29
TRB	2 tied	11

Virginia	124	Final
New York	126

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	39	22	27	36
New York	34	32	33	27

PTS	J. Erving-VIR	41
TRB	J. Erving-VIR	10

San Diego	95	Final
Utah	128

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	15	23	24	33
Utah	39	27	25	37

PTS	S. Johnson-SDA	31
TRB	Z. Beaty-UTS	16

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	21	3	.875	—	111.9	102.3
New York Knicks*	22	6	.786	1.0	106.7	95.3
Buffalo Braves	7	20	.259	15.5	98.6	109.0
Philadelphia 76ers	3	26	.103	20.5	103.4	115.5
Central Division
Atlanta Hawks*	15	13	.536	—	109.7	109.7
Baltimore Bullets*	14	13	.519	0.5	103.3	100.7
Houston Rockets	11	15	.423	3.0	108.9	111.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	19	.321	6.0	100.3	104.8

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	19	8	.704	—	105.0	95.7
Chicago Bulls*	18	8	.692	0.5	102.6	97.0
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	15	14	.517	5.0	105.7	108.3
Detroit Pistons	12	14	.462	6.5	110.5	112.4
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	22	4	.846	—	115.0	105.2
Golden State Warriors*	16	10	.615	6.0	107.5	104.6
Phoenix Suns	12	16	.429	11.0	109.5	111.4
Seattle SuperSonics	9	22	.290	15.5	100.2	106.0
Portland Trail Blazers	6	20	.231	16.0	105.3	112.0

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