NBA Games Played on December 20, 1978

Dec 19, 1978 Dec 20, 1978 Dec 21, 1978

8 NBA Games

New York	112	Final
Atlanta	121

	1	2	3	4
New York	22	33	28	29
Atlanta	36	28	33	24

PTS	J. Drew-ATL	44
TRB	D. Roundfield-ATL	15

Indiana	105	Final
Boston	121

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	25	23	29	28
Boston	29	27	35	30

PTS	C. Ford-BOS	32
TRB	C. Maxwell-BOS	17

New Orleans	112	Final
Denver	121

	1	2	3	4
New Orleans	31	29	23	29
Denver	32	26	32	31

PTS	G. McGinnis-DEN	39
TRB	R. Kelley-NOJ	15

Philadelphia	81	Final
Golden State	85

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	21	19	17	24
Golden State	22	10	27	26

PTS	D. Collins-PHI	26
TRB	R. Parish-GSW	16

Seattle	95	Final
Kansas City	114

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	26	24	15	30
Kansas City	30	28	34	22

PTS	B. McKinney-KCK	23
TRB	L. Hansen-SEA	13

Houston	108	Final
New Jersey	105

	1	2	3	4
Houston	25	20	29	34
New Jersey	17	24	31	33

PTS	J. Williamson-NJN	32
TRB	M. Malone-HOU	18

Washington	137	Final
Phoenix	129

	1	2	3	4
Washington	33	36	36	32
Phoenix	28	27	39	35

PTS	2 tied	36
TRB	A. Adams-PHO	13

Chicago	102	Final
San Antonio	131

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	24	23	22	33
San Antonio	28	31	40	32

PTS	G. Gervin-SAS	29
TRB	L. Kenon-SAS	14

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Washington Bullets*	23	9	.719	—	116.8	109.8
Philadelphia 76ers*	19	10	.655	2.5	112.2	108.9
New Jersey Nets*	17	14	.548	5.5	108.3	112.9
New York Knicks	16	17	.485	7.5	107.3	108.0
Boston Celtics	11	20	.355	11.5	107.2	111.0
Central Division
San Antonio Spurs*	17	14	.548	—	122.0	115.3
Houston Rockets*	15	13	.536	0.5	111.0	110.1
Atlanta Hawks*	16	15	.516	1.0	110.3	108.2
Cleveland Cavaliers	11	20	.355	6.0	105.2	107.9
New Orleans Jazz	11	22	.333	7.0	108.7	113.6
Detroit Pistons	10	20	.333	6.5	109.9	114.9

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Kansas City Kings*	18	10	.643	—	111.0	106.3
Denver Nuggets*	16	15	.516	3.5	112.2	111.6
Chicago Bulls	13	19	.406	7.0	102.2	105.9
Milwaukee Bucks	14	21	.400	7.5	110.4	112.8
Indiana Pacers	10	20	.333	9.0	108.0	112.4
Pacific Division
Seattle SuperSonics*	20	10	.667	—	105.5	101.6
Los Angeles Lakers*	20	13	.606	1.5	114.5	109.5
Phoenix Suns*	20	13	.606	1.5	117.0	112.7
Portland Trail Blazers*	16	14	.533	4.0	106.6	107.3
Golden State Warriors	17	15	.531	4.0	107.1	106.2
San Diego Clippers	14	20	.412	8.0	110.6	116.1

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