NBA and ABA Games Played on December 9, 1972

Dec 8, 1972 Dec 9, 1972 Dec 10, 1972

6 NBA Games

Kansas City-Omaha	112	Final
Baltimore	120

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City-Omaha	12	25	28	47
Baltimore	45	24	21	30

PTS	M. Riordan-BAL	30
TRB	W. Unseld-BAL	25

Cleveland	88	Final
Boston	123

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	25	23	13	27
Boston	30	28	30	35

PTS	A. Carr-CLE	27
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	25

Buffalo	94	Final
Chicago	105

	1	2	3	4
Buffalo	26	20	24	24
Chicago	26	30	27	22

PTS	2 tied	29
TRB	B. McAdoo-BUF	17

Detroit	107	Final
Milwaukee	103

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	31	25	18	33
Milwaukee	17	33	29	24

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	31
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	20

Philadelphia	109	Final
New York	120

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	26	17	35	31
New York	26	29	31	34

PTS	2 tied	26
TRB	2 tied	10

Portland	97	Final
Phoenix	116

	1	2	3	4
Portland	24	17	25	31
Phoenix	26	21	32	37

PTS	N. Walk-PHO	26
TRB	L. Neal-POR	16

2 ABA Games

Indiana	128	Final
Dallas	129

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	31	27	41	29
Dallas	33	25	36	35

PTS	G. McGinnis-INA	45
TRB	G. McGinnis-INA	17

Denver	98	Final
Virginia	101

	1	2	3	4
Denver	26	22	25	25
Virginia	29	26	26	20

PTS	J. Erving-VIR	30
TRB	J. Erving-VIR	16

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	22	3	.880	—	112.3	101.8
New York Knicks*	23	6	.793	1.0	107.2	95.7
Buffalo Braves	7	21	.250	16.5	98.4	108.8
Philadelphia 76ers	3	27	.100	21.5	103.6	115.7
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	15	13	.536	—	103.9	101.1
Atlanta Hawks*	15	13	.536	—	109.7	109.7
Houston Rockets	11	15	.423	3.0	108.9	111.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	20	.310	6.5	99.8	105.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Chicago Bulls*	19	8	.704	—	102.7	96.9
Milwaukee Bucks*	19	9	.679	0.5	104.9	96.1
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	15	15	.500	5.5	105.9	108.7
Detroit Pistons	13	14	.481	6.0	110.3	112.0
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	13	16	.448	10.5	109.8	110.9
Seattle SuperSonics	9	22	.290	15.5	100.2	106.0
Portland Trail Blazers	6	21	.222	16.5	105.0	112.1

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