NBA and ABA Games Played on January 1, 1976

Dec 31, 1975 Jan 1, 1976 Jan 2, 1976

2 NBA Games

Houston	110	Final
Portland	107

	1	2	3	4
Houston	30	27	24	29
Portland	24	30	26	27

PTS	B. Walton-POR	30
TRB	B. Walton-POR	17

Phoenix	103	Final
Washington	114

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	29	14	25	35
Washington	27	22	28	37

PTS	P. Westphal-PHO	25
TRB	W. Unseld-WSB	13

No games played on this date.

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	21	9	.700	—	109.3	104.0
Philadelphia 76ers*	21	11	.656	1.0	105.8	103.9
Buffalo Braves*	19	15	.559	4.0	106.1	104.1
New York Knicks	16	20	.444	8.0	103.1	104.9
Central Division
Atlanta Hawks	17	13	.567	—	102.8	100.2
Cleveland Cavaliers*	18	15	.545	0.5	102.1	100.6
Washington Bullets*	17	15	.531	1.0	99.9	100.1
Houston Rockets	16	15	.516	1.5	103.2	104.4
New Orleans Jazz	12	19	.387	5.5	101.2	103.5

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Detroit Pistons*	13	17	.433	—	106.7	106.9
Milwaukee Bucks*	13	18	.419	0.5	97.1	100.4
Kansas City Kings	10	22	.313	4.0	101.1	106.2
Chicago Bulls	8	24	.250	6.0	92.5	98.3
Pacific Division
Golden State Warriors*	23	8	.742	—	107.4	99.3
Los Angeles Lakers	21	15	.583	4.5	108.7	107.3
Seattle SuperSonics*	18	17	.514	7.0	102.6	104.4
Phoenix Suns*	15	15	.500	7.5	104.5	102.8
Portland Trail Blazers	12	22	.353	12.5	100.4	102.6

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