NBA Conference Standings after Dec 22 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Chicago 23-3 .885 ---- 10-1 13-2 6-1 13-2 10-1
Detroit 20-5 .800 2.5 11-2 9-3 8-2 15-3 5-2
*Miami 19-7 .731 4.0 6-5 13-2 3-2 10-6 9-1
New York 18-7 .720 4.5 10-4 8-3 5-3 9-5 9-2
Cleveland 17-8 .680 5.5 11-4 6-4 4-4 8-7 9-1
Atlanta 15-9 .625 7.0 9-1 6-8 4-5 8-8 7-1
Cha Hornets 15-11 .577 8.0 8-3 7-8 5-5 10-8 5-3
Milwaukee 14-11 .560 8.5 9-6 5-5 2-5 9-7 5-4
Indiana 12-12 .500 10.0 5-5 7-7 1-3 6-6 6-6
Was Bullets 12-13 .480 10.5 6-6 6-7 4-1 6-9 6-4
Orlando 9-13 .409 12.0 5-7 4-6 2-3 7-7 2-6
Toronto 9-18 .333 14.5 8-8 1-10 3-8 6-13 3-5
Philadelphia 7-18 .280 15.5 4-10 3-8 5-3 5-13 2-5
New Jersey 6-16 .273 15.0 4-8 2-8 2-4 2-8 4-8
Boston 5-19 .208 17.0 5-9 0-10 0-5 3-15 2-4
WESTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Houston 21-5 .808 ---- 10-3 11-2 5-2 15-3 6-2
Utah 20-5 .800 0.5 13-2 7-3 5-2 13-3 7-2
*Seattle 20-9 .690 2.5 9-4 11-5 10-1 15-4 5-5
LA Lakers 19-9 .679 3.0 11-2 8-7 7-0 12-5 7-4
Portland 14-13 .519 7.5 8-5 6-8 3-6 11-9 3-4
Golden State 10-17 .370 11.5 7-8 3-9 2-7 7-11 3-6
LA Clippers 10-17 .370 11.5 6-8 4-9 3-4 8-9 2-8
Sacramento 10-17 .370 11.5 6-7 4-10 2-6 7-10 3-7
Dallas 9-16 .360 11.5 5-5 4-11 4-3 6-7 3-9
Minnesota 9-17 .346 12.0 7-4 2-13 3-3 8-12 1-5
Phoenix 8-17 .320 12.5 6-6 2-11 2-5 5-12 3-5
Denver 7-19 .269 14.0 4-8 3-11 2-5 5-10 2-9
San Antonio 6-17 .261 13.5 4-8 2-9 2-5 4-14 2-3
Vancouver 6-22 .214 16.0 5-9 1-13 3-4 4-11 2-11
Cha Hornets 102, Boston 98
Seattle 93, Dallas 79
Golden State 97, LA Clippers 91
Indiana 111, Toronto 92
Cleveland 100, Utah 94
Vancouver 91, Was Bullets 87