NBA and ABA Games Played on January 6, 1972

Jan 5, 1972 Jan 6, 1972 Jan 7, 1972

1 NBA Game

Portland	115	Final
Golden State	119

	1	2	3	4
Portland	28	32	29	26
Golden State	37	27	36	19

PTS	N. Thurmond-GSW	37
TRB	S. Wicks-POR	19

2 ABA Games

Dallas	104	Final
Memphis	103

	1	2	3	4
Dallas	27	14	33	30
Memphis	22	18	28	35

PTS	D. Freeman-DLC	25

Pittsburgh	130	Final
Virginia	137

	1	2	3	4
Pittsburgh	37	28	31	34
Virginia	28	38	37	34

PTS	B. Verga-PTC	43

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics*	28	14	.667	—	113.5	108.7
New York Knicks*	25	15	.625	2.0	107.6	101.9
Philadelphia 76ers	17	25	.405	11.0	112.5	116.3
Buffalo Braves	12	27	.308	14.5	101.3	110.4
Central Division
Baltimore Bullets*	16	22	.421	—	106.3	108.8
Atlanta Hawks*	15	26	.366	2.5	107.9	111.3
Cleveland Cavaliers	15	26	.366	2.5	102.8	109.5
Cincinnati Royals	10	28	.263	6.0	103.6	109.7

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Midwest Division
Milwaukee Bucks*	34	8	.810	—	114.2	101.1
Chicago Bulls*	28	11	.718	4.5	112.2	102.6
Phoenix Suns	24	17	.585	9.5	116.7	110.0
Detroit Pistons	15	26	.366	18.5	107.0	114.2
Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers*	38	3	.927	—	121.6	107.7
Seattle SuperSonics	24	19	.558	15.0	107.0	105.6
Golden State Warriors*	22	19	.537	16.0	104.7	105.3
Houston Rockets	15	27	.357	23.5	107.4	111.9
Portland Trail Blazers	9	34	.209	30.0	106.4	117.7

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