NBA Games Played on December 16, 1986

Dec 15, 1986 Dec 16, 1986 Dec 17, 1986

11 NBA Games

Detroit	111	Final
Atlanta	100

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	39	31	21	20
Atlanta	39	23	27	11

PTS	B. Laimbeer-DET	28
TRB	B. Laimbeer-DET	20

New Jersey	98	Final
Chicago	99

	1	2	3	4
New Jersey	27	30	23	18
Chicago	21	30	28	20

PTS	M. Jordan-CHI	41
TRB	2 tied	11

LA Lakers	121	Final
Cleveland	116

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	31	28	35	27
Cleveland	33	26	26	31

PTS	2 tied	25
TRB	M. Johnson-LAL	11

San Antonio	98	Final
Dallas	101

	1	2	3	4
San Antonio	23	22	23	30
Dallas	21	28	29	23

PTS	M. Aguirre-DAL	26
TRB	D. Greenwood-SAS	15

Phoenix	106	Final
Houston	102

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	28	18	25	35
Houston	26	31	28	17

PTS	2 tied	24
TRB	H. Olajuwon-HOU	21

Golden State	119	Final
LA Clippers	117

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	27	36	25	31
LA Clippers	35	23	28	31

PTS	J. Carroll-GSW	33
TRB	M. Cage-LAC	18

Philadelphia	91	Final
Milwaukee	103

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	17	27	20	27
Milwaukee	27	28	21	27

PTS	C. Barkley-PHI	27
TRB	J. Sikma-MIL	13

Boston	107	Final
New York	96

	1	2	3	4
Boston	31	27	26	23
New York	17	30	22	27

PTS	2 tied	29
TRB	R. Parish-BOS	12

Seattle	118	Final
Portland	126

	1	2	3	4
Seattle	31	27	40	20
Portland	31	38	21	36

PTS	D. Ellis-SEA	34
TRB	K. Carr-POR	11

Denver	120	Final
Sacramento	119

	1	2	3	4
Denver	33	27	39	21
Sacramento	25	33	25	36

PTS	A. English-DEN	45
TRB	F. Lever-DEN	11

Utah	109	Final
Washington	106

	1	2	3	4
Utah	25	30	23	31
Washington	16	32	32	26

PTS	M. Malone-WSB	38
TRB	M. Malone-WSB	21

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	15	7	.682	—	109.7	103.9
Philadelphia 76ers*	13	9	.591	2.0	109.2	110.0
Washington Bullets*	10	12	.455	5.0	103.4	105.7
New York Knicks	5	19	.208	11.0	98.8	105.4
New Jersey Nets	4	19	.174	11.5	101.8	109.1
Central Division
Atlanta Hawks*	18	5	.783	—	112.0	102.9
Milwaukee Bucks*	16	8	.667	2.5	108.3	101.6
Detroit Pistons*	11	8	.579	5.0	108.2	105.6
Chicago Bulls*	11	11	.500	6.5	102.5	104.5
Indiana Pacers*	11	11	.500	6.5	105.9	106.3
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	12	.429	8.0	103.0	108.9

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Utah Jazz*	14	7	.667	—	107.9	104.8
Dallas Mavericks*	15	8	.652	—	116.0	109.4
Denver Nuggets*	11	13	.458	4.5	116.4	118.1
Houston Rockets*	9	12	.429	5.0	102.9	104.9
San Antonio Spurs	6	16	.273	8.5	105.1	112.5
Sacramento Kings	6	17	.261	9.0	107.1	110.9
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	17	5	.773	—	116.0	106.4
Golden State Warriors*	14	9	.609	3.5	109.6	109.8
Portland Trail Blazers*	15	10	.600	3.5	117.2	112.4
Seattle SuperSonics*	11	10	.524	5.5	112.3	112.3
Phoenix Suns	12	11	.522	5.5	112.4	111.9
Los Angeles Clippers	4	18	.182	13.0	103.4	112.5

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