Sports headlines for Wednesday December 22, 1971:

• Houston Minus Coach As Hughes Quits? -- Fired?
• Christmas? Bah, Humbug! NFL Plays Scrooge
• Ali Fight Figures As Financial Flop

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NBA standings as of this date

Team 1 2 3 4 F Lakers (33-3) 28 34 40 25 127 Bullets (12-21) 32 18 38 32 120 Att: n/a	Team 1 2 3 4 F Hawks (11-22) 25 29 24 28 106 Royals (10-23) 26 32 25 20 103 Att: n/a
Team 1 2 3 4 F Cavaliers (11-24) 21 25 27 21 94 Pistons (13-22) 34 22 17 31 104 Att: n/a	Team 1 2 3 4 F Celtics (23-12) 31 27 21 25 104 Bucks (30-5) 28 24 21 25 98 Att: n/a at Madison, WI
Team 1 2 3 4 F Knicks (20-13) 30 28 32 30 120 Sonics (22-15) 18 34 22 30 104 Att: n/a

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ABA standings as of this date

Team 1 2 3 4 F Pros (15-18) 31 22 26 34 113 Cougars (12-22) 18 31 27 26 102 Att: n/a at Greensboro, NC	Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 F Pacers (19-15) 24 27 26 26 8 9 120 Chaparrals (13-23) 21 24 29 29 8 12 123 Att: n/a
Team 1 2 3 4 F Colonels (25-8) 26 23 23 23 95 Nets (14-19) 23 25 24 19 91 Att: n/a