NBA Games Played on December 17, 1981

Dec 16, 1981 Dec 17, 1981 Dec 18, 1981

4 NBA Games

Atlanta	103	Final
Denver	138

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	29	32	15	27
Denver	31	33	33	41

PTS	A. English-DEN	24
TRB	G. Gondrezick-DEN	11

Indiana	100	Final
Detroit	96

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	23	25	22	30
Detroit	26	21	24	25

PTS	E. Jones-DET	25
TRB	E. Jones-DET	13

LA Lakers	115	Final
Golden State	120

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	38	34	19	24
Golden State	32	24	33	31

PTS	B. King-GSW	33
TRB	L. Smith-GSW	14

Seattle	106	Final
San Diego	92

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	25	27	32	22
San Diego	22	29	22	19

PTS	G. Williams-SEA	24
TRB	J. Sikma-SEA	16

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	18	5	.783	—	106.2	97.5
Philadelphia 76ers*	18	5	.783	—	112.6	104.3
New York Knicks	11	11	.500	6.5	103.8	104.3
Washington Bullets*	9	13	.409	8.5	98.6	100.6
New Jersey Nets*	6	16	.273	11.5	99.7	105.0
Central Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	17	6	.739	—	103.3	98.7
Indiana Pacers	13	11	.542	4.5	103.0	101.6
Chicago Bulls	11	13	.458	6.5	105.6	105.7
Atlanta Hawks*	10	12	.455	6.5	97.8	100.4
Detroit Pistons	9	15	.375	8.5	106.1	106.6
Cleveland Cavaliers	5	18	.217	12.0	101.5	109.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
San Antonio Spurs*	16	6	.727	—	111.9	106.1
Denver Nuggets*	10	13	.435	6.5	119.9	123.7
Utah Jazz	10	13	.435	6.5	103.4	107.0
Houston Rockets*	9	15	.375	8.0	101.0	105.4
Kansas City Kings	8	14	.364	8.0	105.4	109.5
Dallas Mavericks	5	19	.208	12.0	102.9	110.5
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	18	7	.720	—	114.3	109.7
Seattle SuperSonics*	15	8	.652	2.0	106.0	101.0
Portland Trail Blazers	14	9	.609	3.0	110.2	108.1
Golden State Warriors	14	9	.609	3.0	114.4	111.0
Phoenix Suns*	12	10	.545	4.5	105.9	102.2
San Diego Clippers	6	16	.273	10.5	109.0	114.7

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