NBA and ABA Games Played on October 20, 1972

Oct 19, 1972 Oct 20, 1972 Oct 21, 1972

6 NBA Games

Buffalo	118	Final
Boston	126

	1	2	3	4
Buffalo	14	19	27	58
Boston	26	39	38	23

PTS	R. Smith-BUF	29
TRB	P. Silas-BOS	17

New York	92	Final
Cleveland	89

	1	2	3	4
New York	30	18	24	20
Cleveland	21	27	21	20

PTS	W. Frazier-NYK	33
TRB	R. Roberson-CLE	17

Atlanta	108	Final
Houston	120

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	27	29	20	32
Houston	30	29	23	38

PTS	P. Maravich-ATL	39
TRB	W. Bellamy-ATL	13

Portland	104	Final
LA Lakers	126

	1	2	3	4
Portland	17	28	21	38
LA Lakers	33	28	36	29

PTS	2 tied	20
TRB	H. Hairston-LAL	19

Detroit	86	Final
Milwaukee	109

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	18	18	25	25
Milwaukee	28	30	19	32

PTS	B. Dandridge-MIL	27
TRB	D. Cunningham-MIL	15

Golden State	101	Final
Seattle	92

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	40	13	22	26
Seattle	18	25	26	23

PTS	J. Mullins-GSW	28
TRB	S. Haywood-SEA	17

4 ABA Games

Utah	127	Final
Carolina	111

	1	2	3	4
Utah	31	31	31	34
Carolina	31	25	32	23

PTS	W. Wise-UTS	29
TRB	Z. Beaty-UTS	13

Indiana	99	Final
Denver	116

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	37	21	20	21
Denver	26	36	27	27

PTS	R. Simpson-DNR	24
TRB	5 tied	11

Virginia	130	Final
New York	120

	1	2	3	4
Virginia	37	34	29	30
New York	30	36	25	29

PTS	2 tied	26
TRB	2 tied	11

Memphis	107	Final
San Diego	132

	1	2	3	4
Memphis	23	29	27	28
San Diego	33	33	33	33

PTS	L. Miller-SDA	37
TRB	O. Taylor-SDA	14

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	5	0	1.000	—	114.8	106.6
New York Knicks*	4	1	.800	1.0	106.8	96.4
Buffalo Braves	2	3	.400	3.0	113.2	116.4
Philadelphia 76ers	0	4	.000	4.5	101.0	106.5
Central Division
Houston Rockets	3	1	.750	—	111.3	108.0
Baltimore Bullets*	3	2	.600	0.5	101.0	95.0
Atlanta Hawks*	2	3	.400	1.5	110.0	112.8
Cleveland Cavaliers	0	4	.000	3.0	92.5	99.5

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	3	1	.750	—	103.8	94.8
Chicago Bulls*	1	2	.333	1.5	91.3	95.0
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	1	2	.333	1.5	96.7	108.0
Detroit Pistons	1	3	.250	2.0	98.8	108.5
Pacific Division
Golden State Warriors*	2	1	.667	—	91.7	89.7
Phoenix Suns	2	1	.667	—	112.0	111.7
Los Angeles Lakers*	3	2	.600	—	110.8	103.6
Seattle SuperSonics	2	2	.500	0.5	94.5	99.5
Portland Trail Blazers	1	3	.250	1.5	104.8	112.5

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