NBA Games Played on January 5, 1978

Jan 4, 1978 Jan 5, 1978 Jan 6, 1978

3 NBA Games

Phoenix	121	Final
Boston	111

	1	2	3	4
Phoenix	32	35	28	26
Boston	27	38	19	27

PTS	P. Westphal-PHO	43
TRB	2 tied	12

New Jersey	94	Final
Cleveland	110

	1	2	3	4
New Jersey	20	20	22	32
Cleveland	30	28	30	22

PTS	B. King-NJN	20
TRB	J. Chones-CLE	13

New Orleans	116	Final
Milwaukee	109

	1	2	3	4
New Orleans	28	26	28	34
Milwaukee	24	14	41	30

PTS	P. Maravich-NOJ	38
TRB	T. Robinson-NOJ	16

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	24	.314	12.5	106.5	111.2
New Jersey Nets	9	27	.250	15.0	105.5	112.3
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*	19	17	.528	2.0	101.8	102.3
Atlanta Hawks*	17	20	.459	4.5	103.8	106.4
New Orleans Jazz	15	21	.417	6.0	107.9	110.3
Houston Rockets	14	20	.412	6.0	104.4	106.1

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	19	.513	4.5	111.7	112.3
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*	23	14	.622	7.5	110.8	107.5
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.