NBA and ABA Games Played on December 5, 1973

Dec 4, 1973 Dec 5, 1973 Dec 6, 1973

6 NBA Games

New York	97	Final
Boston	119

	1	2	3	4
New York	24	17	28	28
Boston	26	26	27	40

PTS	2 tied	25
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	12

Portland	110	Final
Buffalo	114

	1	2	3	4
Portland	24	28	36	22
Buffalo	27	29	29	29

PTS	B. McAdoo-BUF	37
TRB	B. McAdoo-BUF	14

Capital	99	Final
Houston	119

	1	2	3	4
Capital	28	28	19	24
Houston	26	28	32	33

PTS	C. Murphy-HOU	33
TRB	Z. Abdul-Aziz-HOU	27

Atlanta	105	Final
Kansas City-Omaha	117

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	26	24	26	29
Kansas City-Omaha	31	23	35	28

PTS	P. Maravich-ATL	35
TRB	S. Lacey-KCO	14

Cleveland	89	Final
Philadelphia	75

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	21	19	26	23
Philadelphia	16	18	15	26

PTS	A. Carr-CLE	26
TRB	D. Davis-CLE	15

Golden State	97	Final
Phoenix	103

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	25	23	32	17
Phoenix	22	25	36	20

PTS	C. Scott-PHO	27
TRB	N. Thurmond-GSW	15

2 ABA Games

San Diego	108	Final
Denver	138

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	16	31	29	32
Denver	37	35	33	33

PTS	C. Williams-SDA	28

New York	108	Final
Indiana	103

	1	2	3	4
New York	33	35	21	19
Indiana	30	27	25	21

PTS	L. Kenon-NYA	25
TRB	G. McGinnis-INA	33

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	18	4	.818	—	111.9	103.9
New York Knicks*	14	13	.519	6.5	98.1	98.9
Buffalo Braves*	11	15	.423	9.0	109.9	112.9
Philadelphia 76ers	9	16	.360	10.5	100.3	106.1
Central Division
Capital Bullets*	12	10	.545	—	104.1	103.5
Atlanta Hawks	13	12	.520	0.5	114.8	112.4
Houston Rockets	10	17	.370	4.5	105.3	104.7
Cleveland Cavaliers	10	18	.357	5.0	100.1	105.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	22	4	.846	—	107.7	96.6
Chicago Bulls*	19	7	.731	3.0	106.0	102.1
Detroit Pistons*	15	11	.577	7.0	107.7	102.7
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	7	21	.250	16.0	100.9	108.9
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	17	9	.654	—	109.3	106.7
Golden State Warriors	14	9	.609	1.5	109.6	105.7
Portland Trail Blazers	11	15	.423	6.0	109.6	111.1
Seattle SuperSonics	9	20	.310	9.5	107.6	112.3
Phoenix Suns	8	18	.308	9.0	105.6	111.7

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