NBA Games Played on December 17, 1977

Dec 16, 1977 Dec 17, 1977 Dec 18, 1977

6 NBA Games

Buffalo	126	Final
Detroit	122	2OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT
Buffalo	24	18	29	31	10	14
Detroit	13	25	34	30	10	10

PTS	B. Lanier-DET	36
TRB	S. Nater-BUF	19

Phoenix	101	Final
Houston	97

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	26	24	22	29
Houston	23	27	22	25

PTS	R. Reid-HOU	29
TRB	2 tied	15

New Orleans	93	Final
Kansas City	115

	1	2	3	4
New Orleans	30	25	15	23
Kansas City	27	21	30	37

PTS	P. Maravich-NOJ	34
TRB	T. Robinson-NOJ	17

Chicago	103	Final
New York	112

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	24	24	23	32
New York	25	29	33	25

PTS	B. McAdoo-NYK	25
TRB	A. Gilmore-CHI	15

Cleveland	116	Final
Philadelphia	129

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	25	29	33	29
Philadelphia	29	24	37	39

PTS	C. Russell-CLE	38
TRB	G. McGinnis-PHI	11

Washington	104	Final
Portland	117

	1	2	3	4
Washington	31	24	22	27
Portland	36	26	25	30

PTS	M. Lucas-POR	21
TRB	B. Walton-POR	18

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Philadelphia 76ers*	19	10	.655	—	113.4	108.4
New York Knicks*	16	13	.552	3.0	112.7	111.9
Buffalo Braves	12	14	.462	5.5	104.5	106.0
Boston Celtics	10	16	.385	7.5	107.2	109.7
New Jersey Nets	7	23	.233	12.5	106.1	113.5
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	17	10	.630	—	109.2	107.1
Cleveland Cavaliers*	15	12	.556	2.0	101.7	101.7
San Antonio Spurs*	16	13	.552	2.0	115.4	114.8
Atlanta Hawks*	14	13	.519	3.0	104.1	106.7
New Orleans Jazz	12	17	.414	6.0	106.7	110.1
Houston Rockets	10	17	.370	7.0	104.6	107.6

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Denver Nuggets*	18	11	.621	—	112.8	112.1
Chicago Bulls	17	11	.607	0.5	103.9	101.1
Milwaukee Bucks*	16	14	.533	2.5	112.2	112.2
Indiana Pacers	11	15	.423	5.5	113.7	113.3
Kansas City Kings	11	17	.393	6.5	107.6	108.3
Detroit Pistons	9	17	.346	7.5	104.3	108.0
Pacific Division
Portland Trail Blazers*	22	4	.846	—	111.7	100.7
Phoenix Suns*	17	9	.654	5.0	108.7	104.8
Golden State Warriors	13	15	.464	10.0	108.0	106.9
Seattle SuperSonics*	13	18	.419	11.5	101.3	102.0
Los Angeles Lakers*	11	17	.393	12.0	105.8	107.5

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