NBA Games Played on January 4, 1978

Jan 3, 1978 Jan 4, 1978 Jan 5, 1978

8 NBA Games

LA Lakers	93	Final
Buffalo	94

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	27	17	27	22
Buffalo	21	27	26	20

PTS	R. Smith-BUF	30
TRB	A. Dantley-LAL	13

Atlanta	97	Final
Detroit	111

	1	2	3	4
Atlanta	29	27	23	18
Detroit	30	23	31	27

PTS	B. Lanier-DET	28
TRB	B. Lanier-DET	9

Chicago	94	Final
Golden State	115

	1	2	3	4
Chicago	18	24	17	35
Golden State	24	30	25	36

PTS	M. Johnson-CHI	39
TRB	R. Parish-GSW	9

Indiana	96	Final
Houston	104

	1	2	3	4
Indiana	21	24	31	20
Houston	30	24	23	27

PTS	C. Murphy-HOU	29
TRB	M. Malone-HOU	19

Phoenix	83	Final
New Jersey	115

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	22	21	21	19
New Jersey	26	26	34	29

PTS	B. King-NJN	44
TRB	2 tied	13

Cleveland	93	Final
Philadelphia	108

	1	2	3	4
Cleveland	25	20	22	26
Philadelphia	24	24	25	35

PTS	A. Carr-CLE	22
TRB	C. Jones-PHI	12

Denver	119	Final
San Antonio	114

	1	2	3	4
Denver	29	36	27	27
San Antonio	25	35	25	29

PTS	G. Gervin-SAS	36
TRB	2 tied	9

Kansas City	110	Final
Seattle	116

	1	2	3	4
Kansas City	26	26	24	34
Seattle	25	35	27	29

PTS	R. Boone-KCK	28
TRB	M. Webster-SEA	19

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Philadelphia 76ers*	23	11	.676	—	114.4	109.2
New York Knicks*	20	16	.556	4.0	111.7	111.1
Buffalo Braves	14	20	.412	9.0	103.1	105.7
Boston Celtics	11	23	.324	12.0	106.4	110.9
New Jersey Nets	9	26	.257	14.5	105.8	112.4
Central Division
Washington Bullets*	20	14	.588	—	109.1	107.0
San Antonio Spurs*	19	17	.528	2.0	113.9	113.5
Cleveland Cavaliers*	18	17	.514	2.5	101.5	102.5
Atlanta Hawks*	17	20	.459	4.5	103.8	106.4
Houston Rockets	14	20	.412	6.0	104.4	106.1
New Orleans Jazz	14	21	.400	6.5	107.7	110.3

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Denver Nuggets*	23	13	.639	—	112.1	110.4
Chicago Bulls	20	17	.541	3.5	103.8	102.5
Milwaukee Bucks*	20	18	.526	4.0	111.7	112.2
Detroit Pistons	17	18	.486	5.5	106.3	106.9
Indiana Pacers	15	18	.455	6.5	111.1	110.7
Kansas City Kings	13	23	.361	10.0	107.9	109.8
Pacific Division
Portland Trail Blazers*	29	5	.853	—	110.2	100.7
Phoenix Suns*	22	14	.611	8.0	110.6	107.4
Seattle SuperSonics*	19	20	.487	12.5	103.3	103.0
Los Angeles Lakers*	17	19	.472	13.0	106.9	106.4
Golden State Warriors	16	20	.444	14.0	106.3	107.1

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