NBA and ABA Games Played on December 5, 1972

Dec 4, 1972 Dec 5, 1972 Dec 6, 1972

7 NBA Games

Portland	121	Final
Atlanta	122

	1	2	3	4
Portland	29	28	37	27
Atlanta	20	36	35	31

PTS	G. Petrie-POR	39
TRB	2 tied	14

Phoenix	97	Final
Buffalo	108

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	32	22	28	15
Buffalo	27	27	32	22

PTS	D. Van Arsdale-PHO	29
TRB	L. Green-PHO	19

Detroit	108	Final
Chicago	130

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	19	25	30	34
Chicago	18	36	36	40

PTS	C. Walker-CHI	26
TRB	B. Lanier-DET	17

Baltimore	103	Final
Cleveland	100

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	26	23	28	26
Cleveland	20	26	27	27

PTS	A. Carr-CLE	31
TRB	W. Unseld-BAL	22

Houston	101	Final
Golden State	108

	1	2	3	4
Houston	27	22	26	26
Golden State	24	31	22	31

PTS	R. Barry-GSW	30
TRB	N. Thurmond-GSW	20

Milwaukee	94	Final
LA Lakers	116

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	21	23	22	28
LA Lakers	22	30	28	36

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	29
TRB	H. Hairston-LAL	18

Kansas City-Omaha	103	Final
New York	125

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City-Omaha	27	24	22	30
New York	33	22	31	39

PTS	D. DeBusschere-NYK	28
TRB	D. DeBusschere-NYK	19

No games played on this date.

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	20	3	.870	—	112.6	103.0
New York Knicks*	22	5	.815	—	107.4	95.4
Buffalo Braves	6	20	.231	15.5	98.9	109.7
Philadelphia 76ers	2	24	.077	19.5	102.8	115.3
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	13	12	.520	—	102.4	99.3
Atlanta Hawks*	13	13	.500	0.5	109.4	110.3
Houston Rockets	10	15	.400	3.0	108.7	111.1
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	18	.333	5.0	100.7	105.1

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	18	7	.720	—	104.8	95.9
Chicago Bulls*	17	7	.708	0.5	102.5	96.9
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	15	12	.556	4.0	105.5	107.6
Detroit Pistons	10	14	.417	7.5	110.2	113.2
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	21	4	.840	—	114.8	105.4
Golden State Warriors*	16	9	.640	5.0	108.2	103.8
Phoenix Suns	11	15	.423	10.5	109.4	111.7
Seattle SuperSonics	8	21	.276	15.0	100.3	106.0
Portland Trail Blazers	6	18	.250	14.5	105.3	111.8

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