NBA and ABA Games Played on January 2, 1972

Jan 1, 1972 Jan 2, 1972 Jan 3, 1972

5 NBA Games

Philadelphia	148	Final
Cleveland	119

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	34	36	30	48
Cleveland	23	28	32	36

PTS	B. Cunningham-PHI	38
TRB	J. Johnson-CLE	11

Detroit	109	Final
Houston	107

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	23	30	28	28
Houston	30	27	27	23

PTS	2 tied	26
TRB	B. Lanier-DET	11

Boston	113	Final
LA Lakers	122

	1	2	3	4
Boston	26	27	26	34
LA Lakers	36	28	31	27

PTS	G. Goodrich-LAL	40
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	21

Atlanta	116	Final
Phoenix	111

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	20	30	31	35
Phoenix	28	23	30	30

PTS	W. Bellamy-ATL	30
TRB	W. Bellamy-ATL	21

Buffalo	90	Final
Portland	108

	1	2	3	4
Buffalo	14	27	25	24
Portland	28	32	25	23

PTS	S. Wicks-POR	30
TRB	E. Smith-BUF	14

3 ABA Games

Dallas	84	Final
Denver	103

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	20	22	23	19
Denver	25	30	21	27

PTS	D. Freeman-DLC	22

Utah	113	Final
Floridians	119

	1	2	3	4
Utah	28	19	25	41
Floridians	32	33	28	26

PTS	M. Calvin-FLO	32
TRB	W. Wise-UTS	16

New York	84	Final
Kentucky	116

	1	2	3	4
New York	18	21	23	22
Kentucky	34	26	22	34

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	26
TRB	B. Paultz-NYA	20

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	27	14	.659	—	113.5	108.8
New York Knicks*	24	14	.632	1.5	107.9	101.4
Philadelphia 76ers	16	24	.400	10.5	112.1	115.5
Buffalo Braves	12	26	.316	13.5	101.7	110.3
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	15	22	.405	—	106.2	109.4
Cleveland Cavaliers	15	25	.375	1.5	102.8	109.5
Atlanta Hawks*	14	25	.359	2.0	107.8	111.4
Cincinnati Royals	10	27	.270	5.0	103.5	109.6

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	32	7	.821	—	114.4	101.0
Chicago Bulls*	27	10	.730	4.0	111.6	102.3
Phoenix Suns	23	17	.575	9.5	116.9	110.0
Detroit Pistons	15	24	.385	17.0	107.0	113.9
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	37	3	.925	—	121.8	107.8
Seattle SuperSonics	23	18	.561	14.5	106.4	105.0
Golden State Warriors*	20	19	.513	16.5	104.1	105.5
Houston Rockets	14	26	.350	23.0	107.1	111.9
Portland Trail Blazers	9	32	.220	28.5	106.5	118.0

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