NBA Conference Standings after Dec 28 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Chicago 26-4 .867 ---- 13-1 13-3 8-2 15-3 11-1
*Miami 22-7 .759 3.5 7-5 15-2 4-2 12-6 10-1
Detroit 21-7 .750 4.0 12-3 9-4 9-4 16-5 5-2
New York 20-8 .714 5.0 12-4 8-4 6-3 11-5 9-3
Cleveland 18-10 .643 7.0 12-4 6-6 5-5 9-9 9-1
Atlanta 16-11 .593 8.5 10-1 6-10 5-5 9-10 7-1
Was Bullets 15-13 .536 10.0 8-6 7-7 4-1 8-9 7-4
Cha Hornets 15-13 .536 10.0 8-4 7-9 5-6 10-10 5-3
Milwaukee 15-13 .536 10.0 9-7 6-6 2-6 9-8 6-5
Indiana 13-13 .500 11.0 5-5 8-8 2-3 7-7 6-6
Orlando 10-15 .400 13.5 6-7 4-8 2-5 8-9 2-6
Toronto 10-19 .345 15.5 9-8 1-11 3-8 6-14 4-5
Philadelphia 8-19 .296 16.5 4-10 4-9 5-3 5-13 3-6
New Jersey 7-18 .280 16.5 5-8 2-10 2-4 3-8 4-10
Boston 5-21 .192 19.0 5-9 0-12 0-5 3-15 2-6
WESTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Houston 23-6 .793 ---- 11-4 12-2 5-2 16-3 7-3
Utah 22-6 .786 0.5 15-2 7-4 5-3 14-4 8-2
*LA Lakers 21-9 .700 2.5 12-2 9-7 8-0 13-5 8-4
Seattle 21-10 .677 3.0 10-4 11-6 10-1 16-5 5-5
Portland 15-15 .500 8.5 8-6 7-9 4-6 12-10 3-5
Sacramento 13-17 .433 10.5 9-7 4-10 3-6 9-10 4-7
Minnesota 12-17 .414 11.0 10-4 2-13 5-3 10-12 2-5
Golden State 11-18 .379 12.0 7-8 4-10 2-7 8-12 3-6
Dallas 10-17 .370 12.0 6-6 4-11 4-3 7-8 3-9
LA Clippers 10-19 .345 13.0 6-9 4-10 3-6 8-11 2-8
Phoenix 9-19 .321 13.5 6-8 3-11 2-6 6-14 3-5
Denver 8-21 .276 15.0 4-9 4-12 2-6 6-11 2-10
San Antonio 6-19 .240 15.0 4-9 2-10 2-5 4-15 2-4
Vancouver 6-24 .200 17.5 5-10 1-14 3-4 4-13 2-11
Was Bullets 97, Atlanta 86
Sacramento 126, Boston 96
Detroit 97, Cha Hornets 75
Chicago 102, Cleveland 97
Minnesota 103, Denver 96 (OT)
Houston 104, Golden State 95
New York 96, Orlando 85
Utah 110, Philadelphia 84
Phoenix 103, Vancouver 98
Dallas 95, Seattle 90