NBA Conference Standings after Dec 28 in 1997-98 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Miami 19-9 .679 ---- 12-3 7-6 8-2 15-8 4-1
*Chicago 19-9 .679 ---- 14-1 5-8 5-4 13-7 6-2
Atlanta 19-10 .655 0.5 10-4 9-6 8-3 11-6 8-4
Indiana 18-10 .643 1.0 10-3 8-7 6-4 13-6 5-4
Cleveland 17-10 .630 1.5 8-5 9-5 4-5 9-8 8-2
Cha Hornets 17-11 .607 2.0 12-3 5-8 9-4 13-9 4-2
Orlando 17-12 .586 2.5 8-6 9-6 5-2 11-7 6-5
New York 16-12 .571 3.0 10-2 6-10 3-1 9-7 7-5
New Jersey 15-12 .556 3.5 9-3 6-9 4-3 9-8 6-4
Boston 14-13 .519 4.5 10-6 4-7 4-5 11-10 3-3
Washington 15-15 .500 5.0 7-5 8-10 2-7 6-14 9-1
Milwaukee 13-15 .464 6.0 9-6 4-9 3-5 9-11 4-4
Detroit 13-17 .433 7.0 9-7 4-10 2-5 10-10 3-7
Philadelphia 7-20 .259 11.5 4-10 3-10 2-8 2-17 5-3
Toronto 4-24 .143 15.0 2-12 2-12 1-8 3-16 1-8
WESTERN CONFERENCE* - division leaders
Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Seattle 23-6 .793 ---- 12-2 11-4 8-0 14-3 9-3
LA Lakers 22-7 .759 1.0 11-2 11-5 4-2 17-2 5-5
Phoenix 17-9 .654 4.5 10-4 7-5 4-1 10-3 7-6
Portland 17-10 .630 5.0 9-5 8-5 4-4 13-6 4-4
*Utah 18-11 .621 5.0 11-3 7-8 9-1 12-8 6-3
San Antonio 17-11 .607 5.5 12-3 5-8 9-3 11-8 6-3
Houston 15-10 .600 6.0 10-4 5-6 4-3 10-9 5-1
Minnesota 14-14 .500 8.5 7-7 7-7 3-3 10-9 4-5
Sacramento 11-19 .367 12.5 9-7 2-12 2-7 8-11 3-8
Vancouver 10-19 .345 13.0 8-6 2-13 3-9 7-14 3-5
Golden State 7-20 .259 15.0 5-7 2-13 2-6 6-13 1-7
LA Clippers 6-24 .200 17.5 4-10 2-14 3-7 6-13 0-11
Dallas 5-23 .179 17.5 3-14 2-9 2-5 3-15 2-8
Denver 2-25 .074 20.0 2-10 0-15 1-7 2-15 0-10
Boston 108, LA Lakers 102
Miami 101, Indiana 90
Minnesota 93, Detroit 89
Sacramento 92, Philadelphia 90
Portland 82, San Antonio 79
Seattle 106, Phoenix 97
Utah 89, Vancouver 88