NBA and ABA Games Played on March 17, 1973

Mar 16, 1973 Mar 17, 1973 Mar 18, 1973

4 NBA Games

Cleveland	114	Final
Buffalo	97

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	41	25	22	26
Buffalo	16	28	30	23

PTS	E. Smith-BUF	21
TRB	E. Smith-BUF	21

Detroit	99	Final
Chicago	97

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	23	28	20	28
Chicago	22	22	28	25

PTS	J. Mengelt-DET	29
TRB	C. Rowe-DET	13

New York	117	Final
Golden State	108

	1	2	3	4
New York	23	32	33	29
Golden State	29	34	27	18

PTS	2 tied	24
TRB	C. Lee-GSW	16

Baltimore	120	Final
Philadelphia	115

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	27	33	36	24
Philadelphia	32	27	33	23

PTS	E. Hayes-BAL	43
TRB	E. Hayes-BAL	19

3 ABA Games

Memphis	108	Final
Carolina	121

	1	2	3	4
Memphis	31	23	23	31
Carolina	38	28	26	29

PTS	J. Caldwell-CAR	31
TRB	R. Denton-MMT	13

Denver	107	Final
Dallas	124

	1	2	3	4
Denver	15	29	28	35
Dallas	39	28	32	25

PTS	J. Silas-DLC	38
TRB	2 tied	10

Utah	112	Final
Virginia	103

	1	2	3	4
Utah	27	27	27	31
Virginia	21	33	23	26

PTS	J. Jones-UTS	27
TRB	G. Govan-UTS	15

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	60	14	.811	—	112.6	104.4
New York Knicks*	57	22	.722	5.5	105.3	98.1
Buffalo Braves	21	53	.284	39.0	102.6	111.7
Philadelphia 76ers	9	68	.117	52.5	103.9	115.7
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	48	27	.640	—	104.4	100.5
Atlanta Hawks*	43	32	.573	5.0	112.9	112.5
Houston Rockets	29	46	.387	19.0	112.3	114.6
Cleveland Cavaliers	28	46	.378	19.5	101.6	104.6

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	53	22	.707	—	107.0	99.0
Chicago Bulls*	48	28	.632	5.5	103.3	99.9
Detroit Pistons	35	40	.467	18.0	109.9	110.2
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	34	43	.442	20.0	107.5	110.3
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	55	20	.733	—	111.7	103.3
Golden State Warriors*	45	31	.592	10.5	108.9	105.4
Phoenix Suns	34	42	.447	21.5	110.8	112.2
Seattle SuperSonics	25	51	.329	30.5	103.3	109.0
Portland Trail Blazers	18	57	.240	37.0	106.1	112.5

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