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NBA Games Played on December 9, 1978

Dec 8, 1978 Dec 9, 1978 Dec 10, 1978

8 NBA Games

Philadelphia	107	Final
Cleveland	115

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	23	29	24	31
Cleveland	30	22	28	35

PTS	C. Russell-CLE	31
TRB	3 tied	9

Milwaukee	103	Final
Denver	113

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	26	22	24	31
Denver	30	21	29	33

PTS	M. Johnson-MIL	31
TRB	T. Boswell-DEN	11

Atlanta	84	Final
Golden State	94

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	24	20	18	22
Golden State	12	29	24	29

PTS	J. Drew-ATL	24
TRB	R. Parish-GSW	20

Portland	110	Final
Houston	116

	1	2	3	4
Portland	33	31	25	21
Houston	29	31	27	29

PTS	R. Tomjanovich-HOU	28
TRB	T. Owens-POR	14

Detroit	108	Final
Kansas City	132

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	20	28	30	30
Kansas City	32	33	31	36

PTS	O. Birdsong-KCK	28
TRB	3 tied	13

San Diego	120	Final
New Jersey	125

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	37	29	27	27
New Jersey	33	32	28	32

PTS	J. Williamson-NJN	48
TRB	B. King-NJN	12

Chicago	101	Final
New York	96

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	25	31	27	18
New York	21	27	25	23

PTS	A. Gilmore-CHI	28
TRB	A. Gilmore-CHI	18

Phoenix	98	Final
Washington	101

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	28	29	18	23
Washington	30	20	23	28

PTS	P. Westphal-PHO	30
TRB	W. Unseld-WSB	20

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Washington Bullets*	19	9	.679	—	115.3	108.4
Philadelphia 76ers*	15	9	.625	2.0	114.0	111.7
New Jersey Nets*	17	12	.586	2.5	108.6	112.8
New York Knicks	13	14	.481	5.5	105.8	107.3
Boston Celtics	9	17	.346	9.0	106.8	111.5
Central Division
Atlanta Hawks*	13	12	.520	—	111.0	109.5
San Antonio Spurs*	12	12	.500	0.5	123.7	117.9
Houston Rockets*	12	12	.500	0.5	111.5	110.8
Detroit Pistons	10	18	.357	4.5	109.8	114.4
New Orleans Jazz	10	18	.357	4.5	109.8	113.9
Cleveland Cavaliers	8	18	.308	5.5	104.5	108.3

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Kansas City Kings*	15	9	.625	—	110.8	106.7
Denver Nuggets*	14	13	.519	2.5	112.1	111.3
Indiana Pacers	10	15	.400	5.5	108.6	110.8
Chicago Bulls	10	16	.385	6.0	102.5	105.2
Milwaukee Bucks	11	19	.367	7.0	109.6	113.9
Pacific Division
Seattle SuperSonics*	18	6	.750	—	106.4	100.0
Los Angeles Lakers*	18	9	.667	1.5	117.4	110.2
Phoenix Suns*	19	10	.655	1.5	116.9	111.9
Golden State Warriors	15	12	.556	4.5	108.3	107.1
Portland Trail Blazers*	13	14	.481	6.5	105.2	106.7
San Diego Clippers	11	18	.379	9.5	110.4	116.2

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