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NBA and ABA Games Played on December 5, 1971

Dec 4, 1971 Dec 5, 1971 Dec 6, 1971

3 NBA Games

Seattle	99	Final
Cleveland	91

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	24	26	22	27
Cleveland	25	17	28	21

PTS	L. Wilkens-SEA	27
TRB	R. Roberson-CLE	15

Portland	107	Final
LA Lakers	123

	1	2	3	4
Portland	23	26	22	36
LA Lakers	32	22	36	33

PTS	3 tied	20
TRB	W. Chamberlain-LAL	27

Golden State	87	Final
Phoenix	120

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	27	28	18	14
Phoenix	28	26	29	37

PTS	C. Russell-GSW	34
TRB	C. Lee-GSW	17

2 ABA Games

Virginia	113	Final
Memphis	117

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	33	25	32	23
Memphis	24	27	35	31

PTS	C. Scott-VIR	38
TRB	2 tied	21

Denver	118	Final
Pittsburgh	114

	1	2	3	4
Denver	31	26	33	28
Pittsburgh	31	32	20	31

PTS	R. Simpson-DNR	29
TRB	M. Lewis-PTC	21

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	15	10	.600	—	115.5	110.9
New York Knicks*	14	11	.560	1.0	106.2	102.6
Philadelphia 76ers	12	14	.462	3.5	109.5	113.4
Buffalo Braves	10	15	.400	5.0	101.8	108.7
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	10	15	.400	—	106.2	110.5
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	16	.360	1.0	103.0	108.8
Cincinnati Royals	8	15	.348	1.0	105.5	110.0
Atlanta Hawks*	7	17	.292	2.5	105.5	111.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	23	4	.852	—	114.8	100.7
Chicago Bulls*	17	7	.708	4.5	110.8	102.5
Phoenix Suns	14	11	.560	8.0	116.0	109.1
Detroit Pistons	10	14	.417	11.5	106.4	112.9
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	23	3	.885	—	119.9	106.7
Seattle SuperSonics	18	10	.643	6.0	108.2	103.6
Golden State Warriors*	16	12	.571	8.0	103.3	103.5
Houston Rockets	6	21	.222	17.5	104.4	111.7
Portland Trail Blazers	4	21	.160	18.5	105.5	117.9

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