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NBA Games Played on January 9, 1979

Jan 8, 1979 Jan 9, 1979 Jan 10, 1979

7 NBA Games

Golden State	103	Final
Chicago	101

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	37	20	27	19
Chicago	26	29	24	22

PTS	P. Smith-GSW	32
TRB	A. Gilmore-CHI	19

Washington	90	Final
Denver	121

	1	2	3	4
Washington	19	16	24	31
Denver	31	30	34	26

PTS	D. Thompson-DEN	22
TRB	K. Hughes-DEN	13

Kansas City	110	Final
Houston	126

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City	22	26	29	33
Houston	34	25	34	33

PTS	R. Tomjanovich-HOU	31
TRB	M. Malone-HOU	22

San Diego	114	Final
New Orleans	107

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	22	36	29	27
New Orleans	24	31	25	27

PTS	W. Free-SDC	34
TRB	R. Kelley-NOJ	15

LA Lakers	106	Final
New York	94

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	29	24	21	32
New York	17	21	27	29

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	28
TRB	M. Webster-NYK	13

Indiana	112	Final
Portland	104

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	31	23	24	34
Portland	27	22	32	23

PTS	J. Davis-IND	25
TRB	M. Lucas-POR	12

Detroit	114	Final
San Antonio	116

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	30	24	34	26
San Antonio	39	21	30	26

PTS	G. Gervin-SAS	32
TRB	M. Carr-DET	12

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Washington Bullets*	27	13	.675	—	114.5	109.2
Philadelphia 76ers*	24	13	.649	1.5	111.9	108.9
New Jersey Nets*	19	19	.500	7.0	109.2	113.6
New York Knicks	20	22	.476	8.0	106.8	108.5
Boston Celtics	13	24	.351	12.5	107.6	111.5
Central Division
San Antonio Spurs*	25	16	.610	—	119.8	113.1
Houston Rockets*	22	17	.564	2.0	111.5	110.2
Atlanta Hawks*	20	21	.488	5.0	109.4	107.9
Cleveland Cavaliers	17	22	.436	7.0	105.6	107.0
New Orleans Jazz	13	29	.310	12.5	108.2	114.5
Detroit Pistons	12	28	.300	12.5	109.5	115.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Kansas City Kings*	23	16	.590	—	110.9	107.7
Denver Nuggets*	21	20	.512	3.0	110.8	109.8
Milwaukee Bucks	18	26	.409	7.5	111.1	111.7
Chicago Bulls	16	24	.400	7.5	102.9	106.8
Indiana Pacers	15	25	.375	8.5	108.8	111.5
Pacific Division
Seattle SuperSonics*	24	14	.632	—	106.3	102.6
Phoenix Suns*	26	16	.619	—	116.3	112.9
Los Angeles Lakers*	25	16	.610	0.5	114.0	109.0
Golden State Warriors	22	19	.537	3.5	106.9	105.4
Portland Trail Blazers*	19	18	.514	4.5	107.0	108.0
San Diego Clippers	20	23	.465	6.5	111.1	115.0

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