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NBA Games Played on May 3, 1987

May 2, 1987 May 3, 1987 May 4, 1987

3 NBA Games

Detroit	112	Final
Atlanta	111

	1	2	3	4
Detroit	27	29	29	27
Atlanta	26	31	28	26

PTS	I. Thomas-DET	30
TRB	2 tied	10

Philadelphia	89	Final
Milwaukee	102

	1	2	3	4
Philadelphia	22	28	17	22
Milwaukee	29	24	21	28

PTS	J. Erving-PHI	24
TRB	J. Sikma-MIL	21

Golden State	118	Final
Utah	113

	1	2	3	4
Golden State	35	32	23	28
Utah	29	22	26	36

PTS	J. Carroll-GSW	24
TRB	L. Smith-GSW	14

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	59	23	.720	—	112.6	106.0
Philadelphia 76ers*	45	37	.549	14.0	106.5	106.6
Washington Bullets*	42	40	.512	17.0	106.0	107.3
New Jersey Nets	24	58	.293	35.0	108.5	113.5
New York Knicks	24	58	.293	35.0	103.8	110.0
Central Division
Atlanta Hawks*	57	25	.695	—	110.0	102.8
Detroit Pistons*	52	30	.634	5.0	111.2	107.8
Milwaukee Bucks*	50	32	.610	7.0	110.4	106.5
Indiana Pacers*	41	41	.500	16.0	106.1	106.7
Chicago Bulls*	40	42	.488	17.0	104.8	103.9
Cleveland Cavaliers	31	51	.378	26.0	104.4	108.2

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Dallas Mavericks*	55	27	.671	—	116.7	110.4
Utah Jazz*	44	38	.537	11.0	107.9	107.5
Houston Rockets*	42	40	.512	13.0	106.9	105.9
Denver Nuggets*	37	45	.451	18.0	116.7	117.6
Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	26.0	110.9	114.1
San Antonio Spurs	28	54	.341	27.0	108.3	113.4
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	65	17	.793	—	117.8	108.5
Portland Trail Blazers*	49	33	.598	16.0	117.9	114.8
Golden State Warriors*	42	40	.512	23.0	112.0	114.4
Seattle SuperSonics*	39	43	.476	26.0	113.7	113.3
Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	29.0	111.1	113.5
Los Angeles Clippers	12	70	.146	53.0	104.5	115.9

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