NBA and ABA Games Played on December 10, 1971

Dec 9, 1971 Dec 10, 1971 Dec 11, 1971

8 NBA Games

Portland	101	Final
Buffalo	100	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Portland	20	25	15	33	8
Buffalo	27	25	25	16	7

PTS	G. Petrie-POR	28
TRB	D. Schlueter-POR	20

Baltimore	102	Final
Chicago	118

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	19	24	36	23
Chicago	23	28	29	38

PTS	C. Walker-CHI	27
TRB	T. Boerwinkle-CHI	22

Detroit	111	Final
Cleveland	112

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	28	27	34	22
Cleveland	23	31	31	27

PTS	B. Lanier-DET	35
TRB	2 tied	15

Atlanta	88	Final
Houston	95

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	11	21	26	30
Houston	27	21	20	27

PTS	S. Lantz-HOU	28
TRB	E. Hayes-HOU	18

Phoenix	117	Final
LA Lakers	126	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Phoenix	25	22	29	35	6
LA Lakers	28	26	34	23	15

PTS	G. Goodrich-LAL	32
TRB	W. Chamberlain-LAL	28

Boston	104	Final
Milwaukee	120

	1	2	3	4
Boston	28	22	20	34
Milwaukee	26	26	33	35

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	55
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	18

Cincinnati	113	Final
Philadelphia	106	OT

	1	2	3	4	OT
Cincinnati	22	23	28	29	11
Philadelphia	19	26	34	23	4

PTS	2 tied	27
TRB	B. Cunningham-PHI	16

Golden State	94	Final
Seattle	105

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	23	20	24	27
Seattle	26	26	21	32

PTS	C. Russell-GSW	26
TRB	C. Lee-GSW	17

5 ABA Games

Pittsburgh	144	Final
Carolina	138

	1	2	3	4
Pittsburgh	27	39	41	37
Carolina	39	29	40	30

PTS	J. McDaniels-CAR	45
TRB	J. McDaniels-CAR	17

Floridians	100	Final
Kentucky	116

	1	2	3	4
Floridians	26	18	26	30
Kentucky	32	29	23	32

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	27
TRB	2 tied	10

Memphis	101	Final
New York	103

	1	2	3	4
Memphis	25	29	28	19
New York	27	26	25	25

PTS	B. Melchionni-NYA	36
TRB	2 tied	13

Denver	102	Final
Utah	110

	1	2	3	4
Denver	35	21	29	17
Utah	33	33	23	21

PTS	R. Simpson-DNR	43
TRB	W. Wise-UTS	18

Indiana	114	Final
Virginia	118

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	29	29	27	29
Virginia	26	26	37	29

PTS	C. Scott-VIR	41
TRB	M. Daniels-INA	23

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	17	11	.607	—	115.1	110.6
New York Knicks*	14	12	.538	2.0	105.9	102.7
Philadelphia 76ers	13	15	.464	4.0	109.5	113.3
Buffalo Braves	11	16	.407	5.5	102.2	107.8
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	11	16	.407	—	106.4	110.3
Cleveland Cavaliers	10	18	.357	1.5	103.3	109.7
Cincinnati Royals	9	17	.346	1.5	105.4	110.3
Atlanta Hawks*	8	19	.296	3.0	105.6	111.3

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	25	4	.862	—	115.0	100.2
Chicago Bulls*	19	8	.704	5.0	111.1	102.7
Phoenix Suns	15	12	.556	9.0	116.7	109.9
Detroit Pistons	11	16	.407	13.0	107.6	113.3
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	26	3	.897	—	120.4	107.7
Seattle SuperSonics	19	11	.633	7.5	107.3	103.7
Golden State Warriors*	16	15	.516	11.0	103.6	104.6
Houston Rockets	7	22	.241	19.0	104.7	111.3
Portland Trail Blazers	6	22	.214	19.5	105.9	117.6

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