NBA and ABA Games Played on January 16, 1972

Jan 15, 1972 Jan 16, 1972 Jan 17, 1972

5 NBA Games

Philadelphia	116	Final
Atlanta	124

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	28	36	27	25
Atlanta	33	27	34	30

PTS	P. Maravich-ATL	50
TRB	W. Bellamy-ATL	16

Cleveland	108	Final
Cincinnati	128

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	21	30	26	31
Cincinnati	27	38	29	34

PTS	T. Archibald-CIN	41
TRB	S. Lacey-CIN	15

New York	109	Final
Houston	108

	1	2	3	4
New York	30	24	26	29
Houston	24	30	29	25

PTS	W. Frazier-NYK	31
TRB	E. Hayes-HOU	21

Portland	97	Final
Milwaukee	126

	1	2	3	4
Portland	27	14	29	27
Milwaukee	25	34	32	35

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-MIL	29
TRB	C. Perry-MIL	23

Baltimore	107	Final
Phoenix	104

	1	2	3	4
Baltimore	33	18	33	23
Phoenix	29	24	24	27

PTS	A. Clark-BAL	32
TRB	W. Unseld-BAL	18

2 ABA Games

Utah	102	Final
Denver	110

	1	2	3	4
Utah	27	20	23	32
Denver	26	23	31	30

PTS	Z. Beaty-UTS	20
TRB	D. Robisch-DNR	20

New York	123	Final
Memphis	129

	1	2	3	4
New York	30	37	28	28
Memphis	40	29	30	30

PTS	R. Barry-NYA	36
TRB	G. Govan-MMP	15

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	32	16	.667	—	113.6	109.3
New York Knicks*	26	19	.578	4.5	107.4	103.2
Philadelphia 76ers	20	28	.417	12.0	113.5	116.8
Buffalo Braves	14	31	.311	16.5	101.6	109.7
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	20	25	.444	—	106.2	108.2
Atlanta Hawks*	17	30	.362	4.0	107.4	112.2
Cleveland Cavaliers	15	32	.319	6.0	103.1	110.6
Cincinnati Royals	14	31	.311	6.0	105.1	110.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	38	10	.792	—	114.5	101.3
Chicago Bulls*	32	14	.696	5.0	111.2	102.8
Phoenix Suns	27	21	.563	11.0	116.2	110.5
Detroit Pistons	17	30	.362	20.5	108.0	115.1
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	41	5	.891	—	121.5	107.8
Seattle SuperSonics	29	19	.604	13.0	108.8	106.5
Golden State Warriors*	27	19	.587	14.0	105.5	105.1
Houston Rockets	16	30	.348	25.0	108.0	112.4
Portland Trail Blazers	12	37	.245	30.5	106.7	117.0

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