NBA and ABA Games Played on December 23, 1972

Dec 22, 1972 Dec 23, 1972 Dec 24, 1972

4 NBA Games

Philadelphia	112	Final
Atlanta	124

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	24	33	32	23
Atlanta	35	24	32	33

PTS	P. Maravich-ATL	42
TRB	B. Christian-ATL	25

Detroit	97	Final
Baltimore	104

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	26	22	31	18
Baltimore	43	19	15	27

PTS	D. Bing-DET	27
TRB	E. Hayes-BAL	21

Chicago	109	Final
Golden State	127

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	22	16	37	34
Golden State	30	25	39	33

PTS	2 tied	22
TRB	N. Thurmond-GSW	17

Boston	98	Final
Milwaukee	104

	1	2	3	4
Boston	15	23	28	32
Milwaukee	31	24	23	26

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	26
TRB	P. Silas-BOS	22

4 ABA Games

Utah	117	Final
Carolina	123

	1	2	3	4
Utah	32	23	33	29
Carolina	25	28	37	33

PTS	B. Cunningham-CAR	34
TRB	B. Cunningham-CAR	15

San Diego	105	Final
Kentucky	116

	1	2	3	4
San Diego	26	28	21	30
Kentucky	29	23	31	33

PTS	D. Issel-KEN	32
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	27

New York	103	Final
Memphis	105

	1	2	3	4
New York	29	21	29	24
Memphis	30	31	22	22

PTS	B. Paultz-NYA	32

Dallas	107	Final
Virginia	112

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	29	28	30	20
Virginia	38	30	19	25

PTS	J. Erving-VIR	41
TRB	J. Eakins-VIR	11

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	27	5	.844	—	112.2	102.0
New York Knicks*	27	9	.750	2.0	106.4	96.4
Buffalo Braves	9	24	.273	18.5	99.4	109.4
Philadelphia 76ers	3	33	.083	26.0	103.6	117.4
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	19	14	.576	—	103.8	100.5
Atlanta Hawks*	20	15	.571	—	110.1	110.1
Houston Rockets	14	18	.438	4.5	108.4	110.1
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	26	.257	11.0	99.0	104.8

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	25	9	.735	—	105.9	95.6
Chicago Bulls*	21	12	.636	3.5	102.6	98.1
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	20	18	.526	7.0	107.2	109.5
Detroit Pistons	15	18	.455	9.5	111.4	112.5
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	27	6	.818	—	114.8	104.3
Golden State Warriors*	21	11	.656	5.5	108.7	104.6
Phoenix Suns	16	18	.471	11.5	109.8	109.6
Seattle SuperSonics	10	28	.263	19.5	99.9	106.9
Portland Trail Blazers	8	27	.229	20.0	104.2	113.1

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