NBA Conference Standings after Jan 8 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Chicago 29-4 .879 ---- 16-1 13-3 9-2 18-3 11-1
Detroit 24-8 .750 4.5 15-4 9-4 10-5 20-6 4-2
*Miami 25-9 .735 4.5 8-5 17-4 5-2 14-6 11-3
New York 24-9 .727 5.0 15-4 9-5 8-3 14-6 10-3
Cleveland 21-12 .636 8.0 15-5 6-7 6-6 11-10 10-2
Atlanta 19-11 .633 8.5 12-1 7-10 5-5 12-10 7-1
Charlotte 18-15 .545 11.0 9-5 9-10 5-6 11-11 7-4
Was Bullets 17-15 .531 11.5 9-8 8-7 4-2 9-11 8-4
Milwaukee 17-16 .515 12.0 10-9 7-7 3-6 11-10 6-6
Indiana 15-16 .484 13.0 7-6 8-10 3-5 8-10 7-6
Orlando 12-17 .414 15.0 8-7 4-10 3-5 10-11 2-6
Toronto 10-22 .312 18.5 9-9 1-13 3-9 7-16 3-6
New Jersey 9-21 .300 18.5 6-9 3-12 2-6 4-17 5-4
Boston 8-23 .258 20.0 7-10 1-13 0-5 3-16 5-7
Philadelphia 8-25 .242 21.0 4-11 4-14 5-4 5-14 3-11
WESTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Houston 26-8 .765 ---- 12-6 14-2 6-2 18-5 8-3
*LA Lakers 26-10 .722 1.0 15-2 11-8 10-1 16-6 10-4
Utah 23-10 .697 2.5 16-2 7-8 5-4 14-6 9-4
Seattle 25-11 .694 2.0 12-4 13-7 10-1 18-6 7-5
Portland 19-16 .543 7.5 10-7 9-9 5-6 16-10 3-6
Minnesota 14-19 .424 11.5 10-5 4-14 5-4 10-13 4-6
LA Clippers 14-19 .424 11.5 7-9 7-10 3-6 11-11 3-8
Sacramento 14-21 .400 12.5 10-9 4-12 3-9 9-14 5-7
Golden State 12-20 .375 13.0 8-10 4-10 2-7 8-13 4-7
Dallas 11-20 .355 13.5 6-7 5-13 4-3 7-9 4-11
Phoenix 10-24 .294 16.0 7-8 3-16 3-6 7-14 3-10
San Antonio 9-23 .281 16.0 5-10 4-13 5-5 7-17 2-6
Denver 9-24 .273 16.5 4-12 5-12 2-7 7-13 2-11
Vancouver 7-27 .206 19.0 5-13 2-14 3-5 5-16 2-11
LA Lakers 101, Charlotte 97
Dallas 111, Philadelphia 93
Houston 81, Cleveland 78
Miami 85, Portland 81
Was Bullets 115, Phoenix 113 (OT)
Boston 107, San Antonio 83
Seattle 109, Denver 99
Milwaukee 119, Utah 112 (OT)
Vancouver 109, Golden State 95