NBA Games Played on December 9, 1977

Dec 8, 1977 Dec 9, 1977 Dec 10, 1977

7 NBA Games

New York	103	Final
Atlanta	84

	1	2	3	4
New York	36	27	16	24
Atlanta	19	29	20	16

PTS	J. Drew-ATL	25
TRB	J. Drew-ATL	16

Portland	118	Final
Boston	87

	1	2	3	4
Portland	24	28	32	34
Boston	18	21	24	24

PTS	D. Cowens-BOS	27
TRB	M. Lucas-POR	18

Houston	116	Final
LA Lakers	105

	1	2	3	4
Houston	28	27	31	30
LA Lakers	28	27	28	22

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	32
TRB	M. Malone-HOU	16

Kansas City	114	Final
New Jersey	122

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City	19	29	28	38
New Jersey	35	28	29	30

PTS	B. King-NJN	30
TRB	B. King-NJN	14

San Antonio	116	Final
Philadelphia	120

	1	2	3	4
San Antonio	29	31	23	33
Philadelphia	31	28	33	28

PTS	J. Erving-PHI	27
TRB	G. McGinnis-PHI	17

Milwaukee	123	Final
Seattle	136

	1	2	3	4
Milwaukee	28	28	34	33
Seattle	44	25	30	37

PTS	G. Williams-SEA	33
TRB	J. Sikma-SEA	17

New Orleans	97	Final
Washington	101

	1	2	3	4
New Orleans	18	22	29	28
Washington	23	18	33	27

PTS	T. Robinson-NOJ	28
TRB	T. Robinson-NOJ	19

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Philadelphia 76ers*	18	6	.750	—	113.6	106.8
New York Knicks*	13	11	.542	5.0	112.2	111.6
Buffalo Braves	11	11	.500	6.0	102.7	103.9
Boston Celtics	8	16	.333	10.0	106.1	109.6
New Jersey Nets	4	22	.154	15.0	105.5	114.6
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	15	8	.652	—	110.0	107.0
San Antonio Spurs*	15	11	.577	1.5	115.8	114.8
Cleveland Cavaliers*	13	10	.565	2.0	100.3	100.4
Atlanta Hawks*	12	11	.522	3.0	104.2	107.6
New Orleans Jazz	11	14	.440	5.0	107.4	110.2
Houston Rockets	10	13	.435	5.0	106.9	107.1

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Denver Nuggets*	17	8	.680	—	113.9	112.0
Chicago Bulls	14	9	.609	2.0	102.7	99.1
Milwaukee Bucks*	14	13	.519	4.0	110.2	110.4
Indiana Pacers	9	14	.391	7.0	114.4	114.4
Detroit Pistons	8	14	.364	7.5	104.0	108.2
Kansas City Kings	9	16	.360	8.0	107.2	109.8
Pacific Division
Portland Trail Blazers*	19	4	.826	—	111.7	100.0
Phoenix Suns*	13	9	.591	5.5	108.0	105.4
Golden State Warriors	12	12	.500	7.5	108.9	107.2
Los Angeles Lakers*	9	15	.375	10.5	105.8	107.8
Seattle SuperSonics*	10	17	.370	11.0	100.7	103.0

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