NBA Conference Standings after Dec 9 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Chicago 17-3 .850 ---- 7-1 10-2 4-1 9-2 8-1
Detroit 15-3 .833 1.0 9-2 6-1 5-2 10-2 5-1
*Miami 15-5 .750 2.0 5-3 10-2 2-2 7-5 8-0
New York 12-6 .667 4.0 5-4 7-2 3-3 6-4 6-2
Cleveland 12-6 .667 4.0 7-3 5-3 3-4 7-5 5-1
Atlanta 11-8 .579 5.5 6-1 5-7 4-4 7-7 4-1
Milwaukee 10-8 .556 6.0 6-4 4-4 2-3 7-5 3-3
Cha Hornets 10-9 .526 6.5 5-2 5-7 4-3 6-6 4-3
Orlando 8-8 .500 7.0 5-5 3-3 2-3 7-5 1-3
Indiana 8-9 .471 7.5 3-4 5-5 0-2 2-5 6-4
Was Bullets 7-10 .412 8.5 4-6 3-4 4-0 5-8 2-2
Philadelphia 7-12 .368 9.5 4-6 3-6 5-1 5-7 2-5
Toronto 7-12 .368 9.5 7-6 0-6 2-5 4-8 3-4
New Jersey 4-11 .267 10.5 2-6 2-5 1-4 1-6 3-5
Boston 4-14 .222 12.0 4-7 0-7 0-4 2-10 2-4
WESTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Houston 17-2 .895 ---- 9-1 8-1 4-0 12-1 5-1
Utah 16-2 .889 0.5 11-1 5-1 5-2 13-2 3-0
*Seattle 16-6 .727 2.5 6-3 10-3 7-1 11-3 5-3
LA Lakers 15-7 .682 3.5 9-2 6-5 5-0 10-4 5-3
Portland 12-8 .600 5.5 6-2 6-6 3-3 9-5 3-3
Dallas 7-11 .389 9.5 5-4 2-7 3-2 4-3 3-8
Minnesota 7-12 .368 10.0 5-2 2-10 3-2 6-9 1-3
Golden State 7-13 .350 10.5 5-7 2-6 1-6 5-10 2-3
LA Clippers 7-13 .350 10.5 3-6 4-7 1-2 5-6 2-7
Sacramento 7-13 .350 10.5 3-5 4-8 1-4 4-7 3-6
Denver 5-15 .250 12.5 2-8 3-7 1-5 3-10 2-5
Phoenix 4-14 .222 12.5 3-6 1-8 2-4 2-9 2-5
San Antonio 3-15 .167 13.5 2-8 1-7 0-5 1-12 2-3
Vancouver 3-18 .143 15.0 2-8 1-10 2-2 3-7 0-11
Cha Hornets 107, Vancouver 91
Seattle 118, Philadelphia 94