NBA and ABA Games Played on March 17, 1976

Mar 16, 1976 Mar 17, 1976 Mar 18, 1976

5 NBA Games

Atlanta	112	Final
Houston	124

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	28	32	32	20
Houston	33	28	33	30

PTS	2 tied	25
TRB	K. Kunnert-HOU	15

LA Lakers	96	Final
Milwaukee	109

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	29	28	16	23
Milwaukee	35	20	23	31

PTS	E. Smith-MIL	22
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	18

New York	112	Final
New Orleans	107

	1	2	3	4
New York	35	24	27	26
New Orleans	25	32	16	34

PTS	2 tied	27
TRB	J. Gianelli-NYK	13

Chicago	101	Final
Philadelphia	108

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	24	27	25	25
Philadelphia	26	27	26	29

PTS	M. Johnson-CHI	28
TRB	S. Mix-PHI	13

Buffalo	111	Final
Seattle	122

	1	2	3	4
Buffalo	29	22	32	28
Seattle	19	29	37	37

PTS	B. McAdoo-BUF	52
TRB	J. Shumate-BUF	16

3 ABA Games

Denver	111	Final
Indiana	108

	1	2	3	4
Denver	30	30	26	25
Indiana	35	31	32	10

PTS	D. Thompson-DNA	36
TRB	D. Issel-DNA	17

New York	96	Final
St. Louis	90

	1	2	3	4
New York	22	25	23	26
St. Louis	23	17	22	28

PTS	J. Erving-NYA	34
TRB	C. Jones-SSL	12

Kentucky	130	Final
Virginia	115

	1	2	3	4
Kentucky	27	37	35	31
Virginia	20	23	34	38

PTS	B. Averitt-KEN	36
TRB	2 tied	10

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	43	22	.662	—	107.0	104.2
Philadelphia 76ers*	40	29	.580	5.0	106.7	106.0
Buffalo Braves*	38	30	.559	6.5	107.7	106.8
New York Knicks	33	37	.471	12.5	102.5	104.0
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	42	26	.618	—	101.7	99.8
Cleveland Cavaliers*	39	27	.591	2.0	102.3	99.5
Houston Rockets	36	34	.514	7.0	105.8	106.5
New Orleans Jazz	32	38	.457	11.0	103.6	104.6
Atlanta Hawks	28	40	.412	14.0	102.2	103.4

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	30	38	.441	—	100.3	102.3
Kansas City Kings	27	41	.397	3.0	102.2	104.8
Detroit Pistons*	26	41	.388	3.5	104.4	106.4
Chicago Bulls	21	47	.309	9.0	95.8	98.5
Pacific Division
Golden State Warriors*	49	20	.710	—	109.2	102.4
Seattle SuperSonics*	35	35	.500	14.5	104.7	105.8
Los Angeles Lakers	35	35	.500	14.5	106.7	106.5
Phoenix Suns*	32	36	.471	16.5	104.9	104.9
Portland Trail Blazers	30	40	.429	19.5	103.5	104.9

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