NBA and ABA Games Played on December 26, 1971

Dec 25, 1971 Dec 26, 1971 Dec 27, 1971

4 NBA Games

Baltimore	102	Final
Cleveland	108

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	22	31	24	25
Cleveland	24	28	29	27

PTS	J. Johnson-CLE	40
TRB	W. Wesley-CLE	21

Houston	115	Final
LA Lakers	137

	1	2	3	4
Houston	26	32	33	24
LA Lakers	28	28	41	40

PTS	J. West-LAL	34
TRB	H. Hairston-LAL	21

Atlanta	92	Final
Milwaukee	114

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	23	18	30	21
Milwaukee	17	32	32	33

PTS	L. Hudson-ATL	27
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	18

Chicago	103	Final
Seattle	102

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	24	26	33	20
Seattle	20	28	26	28

PTS	B. Love-CHI	28
TRB	S. Haywood-SEA	18

2 ABA Games

New York	117	Final
Carolina	123

	1	2	3	4
New York	27	32	35	23
Carolina	32	25	29	37

PTS	R. Barry-NYA	44
TRB	J. McDaniels-CAR	20

Indiana	117	Final
Kentucky	111

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	25	32	29	31
Kentucky	22	26	33	30

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	28
TRB	M. Daniels-INA	21

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	24	12	.667	—	113.5	108.2
New York Knicks*	22	13	.629	1.5	107.9	101.5
Philadelphia 76ers	14	21	.400	9.5	110.8	115.3
Buffalo Braves	12	21	.364	10.5	102.8	110.2
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	13	22	.371	—	105.7	110.2
Cleveland Cavaliers	13	24	.351	1.0	102.1	108.6
Atlanta Hawks*	12	24	.333	1.5	106.6	110.6
Cincinnati Royals	10	24	.294	2.5	104.3	109.5

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	31	6	.838	—	114.4	101.1
Chicago Bulls*	25	10	.714	5.0	111.3	102.5
Phoenix Suns	20	16	.556	10.5	116.7	110.4
Detroit Pistons	14	22	.389	16.5	106.7	113.5
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	34	3	.919	—	122.2	108.3
Seattle SuperSonics	22	17	.564	13.0	106.7	105.1
Golden State Warriors*	18	18	.500	15.5	103.6	105.4
Houston Rockets	13	24	.351	21.0	106.6	111.5
Portland Trail Blazers	8	28	.222	25.5	107.0	118.4

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