NBA Games Played on December 9, 1979

Dec 8, 1979 Dec 9, 1979 Dec 10, 1979

5 NBA Games

Denver	118	Final
LA Lakers	131

	1	2	3	4
Denver	32	32	30	24
LA Lakers	36	28	32	35

PTS	G. McGinnis-DEN	32
TRB	G. McGinnis-DEN	14

Boston	113	Final
Milwaukee	108

	1	2	3	4
Boston	35	23	28	27
Milwaukee	28	24	30	26

PTS	2 tied	25
TRB	2 tied	11

Atlanta	122	Final
New Jersey	85

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	31	36	34	21
New Jersey	27	18	22	18

PTS	C. Natt-NJN	21
TRB	D. Roundfield-ATL	13

San Diego	98	Final
Portland	96

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	21	29	29	19
Portland	21	27	19	29

PTS	W. Free-SDC	25
TRB	S. Nater-SDC	16

Chicago	121	Final
Seattle	112

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	32	29	29	31
Seattle	29	16	31	36

PTS	G. Williams-SEA	30
TRB	3 tied	11

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	21	7	.750	—	112.1	105.0
Philadelphia 76ers*	21	7	.750	—	110.3	103.8
New York Knicks	14	14	.500	7.0	116.7	117.3
Washington Bullets*	11	13	.458	8.0	104.5	108.2
New Jersey Nets	11	17	.393	10.0	101.3	103.7
Central Division
Atlanta Hawks*	18	13	.581	—	106.3	102.3
San Antonio Spurs*	15	13	.536	1.5	120.2	120.8
Houston Rockets*	14	13	.519	2.0	114.3	112.9
Cleveland Cavaliers	14	17	.452	4.0	115.7	115.7
Indiana Pacers	13	16	.448	4.0	108.4	111.3
Detroit Pistons	8	20	.286	8.5	108.7	112.6

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	19	11	.633	—	110.0	107.4
Kansas City Kings*	16	14	.533	3.0	108.1	105.0
Denver Nuggets	10	20	.333	9.0	106.3	111.1
Chicago Bulls	9	20	.310	9.5	103.5	107.9
Utah Jazz	6	21	.222	11.5	101.0	108.9
Pacific Division
Seattle SuperSonics*	19	9	.679	—	106.1	101.8
Los Angeles Lakers*	20	10	.667	—	113.7	110.0
Phoenix Suns*	17	13	.567	3.0	105.8	104.7
Portland Trail Blazers*	16	14	.533	4.0	98.7	95.9
San Diego Clippers	14	17	.452	6.5	106.5	109.3
Golden State Warriors	11	18	.379	8.5	103.1	106.6

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