NBA Games Played on January 1, 1987

Dec 31, 1986 Jan 1, 1987 Jan 2, 1987

1 NBA Game

LA Lakers	140	Final
Portland	104

	1	2	3	4
LA Lakers	31	33	40	36
Portland	24	25	26	29

PTS	B. Scott-LAL	31
TRB	K. Carr-POR	13

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	20	9	.690	—	109.9	105.0
Philadelphia 76ers*	16	14	.533	4.5	107.4	108.6
Washington Bullets*	14	15	.483	6.0	105.0	106.1
New York Knicks	9	21	.300	11.5	99.0	104.3
New Jersey Nets	8	20	.286	11.5	103.9	108.8
Central Division
Atlanta Hawks*	20	7	.741	—	111.4	103.0
Detroit Pistons*	17	9	.654	2.5	108.4	104.1
Milwaukee Bucks*	19	11	.633	2.5	108.3	102.7
Chicago Bulls*	14	14	.500	6.5	101.4	101.8
Indiana Pacers*	14	15	.483	7.0	105.2	105.3
Cleveland Cavaliers	13	16	.448	8.0	104.6	109.6

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Dallas Mavericks*	19	9	.679	—	118.0	110.4
Utah Jazz*	19	10	.655	0.5	107.9	106.3
Denver Nuggets*	13	17	.433	7.0	116.4	118.5
Houston Rockets*	11	17	.393	8.0	103.6	106.0
Sacramento Kings	8	20	.286	11.0	107.8	111.5
San Antonio Spurs	8	22	.267	12.0	103.8	110.7
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	23	6	.793	—	117.9	106.9
Portland Trail Blazers*	19	13	.594	5.5	117.2	113.4
Golden State Warriors*	17	14	.548	7.0	109.6	111.9
Seattle SuperSonics*	15	13	.536	7.5	112.6	112.1
Phoenix Suns	13	17	.433	10.5	110.7	112.7
Los Angeles Clippers	4	24	.143	18.5	103.4	112.8

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