NBA Games Played on December 20, 1977

Dec 19, 1977 Dec 20, 1977 Dec 21, 1977

7 NBA Games

Houston	104	Final
Buffalo	110

	1	2	3	4
Houston	30	25	16	33
Buffalo	26	26	31	27

PTS	B. Knight-BUF	27
TRB	D. Jones-HOU	11

Atlanta	86	Final
Chicago	94

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	25	23	24	14
Chicago	25	17	23	29

PTS	A. Gilmore-CHI	35
TRB	M. Johnson-CHI	16

Washington	115	Final
LA Lakers	120

	1	2	3	4
Washington	20	29	39	27
LA Lakers	30	27	36	27

PTS	A. Dantley-LAL	36
TRB	M. Kupchak-WSB	10

Phoenix	110	Final
New York	99

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	28	24	22	36
New York	31	19	28	21

PTS	B. McAdoo-NYK	35
TRB	B. McAdoo-NYK	18

Boston	99	Final
Portland	104

	1	2	3	4
Boston	26	18	26	29
Portland	27	34	23	20

PTS	C. Scott-BOS	23
TRB	D. Cowens-BOS	20

Detroit	118	Final
San Antonio	117

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	34	26	32	26
San Antonio	32	26	31	28

PTS	2 tied	32
TRB	J. Shumate-DET	12

Denver	88	Final
Seattle	93

	1	2	3	4
Denver	20	30	22	16
Seattle	21	26	25	21

PTS	D. Issel-DEN	22
TRB	P. Silas-SEA	19

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	14	.533	3.5	112.2	111.8
Buffalo Braves	13	15	.464	5.5	104.5	106.1
Boston Celtics	10	18	.357	8.5	106.5	109.3
New Jersey Nets	7	23	.233	12.5	106.1	113.5
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	17	12	.586	—	109.4	107.7
Cleveland Cavaliers*	16	12	.571	0.5	101.7	101.4
San Antonio Spurs*	16	14	.533	1.5	115.4	114.9
Atlanta Hawks*	15	14	.517	2.0	104.6	107.1
New Orleans Jazz	12	18	.400	5.5	106.7	110.4
Houston Rockets	10	18	.357	6.5	104.5	107.6

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Chicago Bulls	18	11	.621	—	103.5	100.6
Denver Nuggets*	18	12	.600	0.5	112.0	111.4
Milwaukee Bucks*	17	14	.548	2.0	112.2	111.8
Kansas City Kings	12	17	.414	6.0	107.8	108.5
Indiana Pacers	11	16	.407	6.0	113.7	113.4
Detroit Pistons	11	17	.393	6.5	105.2	108.3
Pacific Division
Portland Trail Blazers*	23	4	.852	—	111.4	100.7
Phoenix Suns*	18	10	.643	5.5	109.5	105.6
Seattle SuperSonics*	15	18	.455	11.0	101.3	101.8
Golden State Warriors	13	16	.448	11.0	107.5	106.7
Los Angeles Lakers*	13	17	.433	11.5	106.2	107.4

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