NBA and ABA Games Played on December 18, 1972

Dec 17, 1972 Dec 18, 1972 Dec 19, 1972

1 NBA Game

Portland	95	Final
Kansas City-Omaha	113

	1	2	3	4
Portland	26	25	23	21
Kansas City-Omaha	32	17	31	33

PTS	T. Archibald-KCO	30
TRB	R. Riley-KCO	12

1 ABA Game

Dallas	126	Final
Utah	146

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	26	30	28	42
Utah	44	31	33	38

PTS	W. Wise-UTS	32
TRB	W. Wise-UTS	9

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	26	3	.897	—	112.4	101.9
New York Knicks*	25	8	.758	3.0	106.8	95.8
Buffalo Braves	9	22	.290	18.0	99.1	108.8
Philadelphia 76ers	3	30	.091	25.0	103.1	116.6
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	18	13	.581	—	104.2	100.7
Atlanta Hawks*	17	15	.531	1.5	109.4	110.3
Houston Rockets	13	17	.433	4.5	108.3	109.8
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	25	.265	10.5	99.4	105.0

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	22	9	.710	—	105.0	95.8
Chicago Bulls*	20	10	.667	1.5	101.7	96.8
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	19	16	.543	5.0	107.5	109.0
Detroit Pistons	13	17	.433	8.5	111.0	113.3
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	25	5	.833	—	115.3	104.4
Golden State Warriors*	19	11	.633	6.0	107.9	104.2
Phoenix Suns	14	18	.438	12.0	109.3	110.4
Seattle SuperSonics	10	25	.286	17.5	100.3	106.0
Portland Trail Blazers	7	25	.219	19.0	104.3	112.8

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