NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final/OT

New York Knicks121–120Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 17 October 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Mike Riordan	9:00	1–3	0–1	0	0	0	2
Dave Stallworth	4:00	0–0	0–0	1	2	1	0
Willis Reed	—	12–26	4–5	14	4	3	28
Walt Frazier	—	10–20	6–6	7	13	5	26
Dick Barnett	—	9–19	4–4	4	2	5	22
Dave DeBusschere	—	8–16	5–6	13	6	4	21
Bill Bradley	—	6–12	2–2	0	5	3	14
Jerry Lucas	—	4–4	0–0	2	1	4	8
Dean Meminger	—	0–1	0–0	1	0	4	0
Phil Jackson	—	0–0	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	13:00	50–101	21–24	42	33	30	121

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Walt Wesley	—	14–22	6–7	9	5	5	34
Charlie Davis	—	11–22	1–3	2	5	5	23
Bingo Smith	—	7–17	7–8	6	5	2	21
John Johnson	—	6–13	4–5	11	8	5	16
Dave Sorenson	—	4–6	4–5	11	3	5	12
Bobby Washington	—	1–4	3–4	0	5	0	5
Steve Patterson	—	1–3	1–1	6	3	1	3
Greg Howard	—	1–2	0–0	1	1	0	2
John Warren	—	1–1	0–0	0	2	0	2
Luther Rackley	—	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	—	47–93	26–33	46	37	23	120

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, New York Knicks 5 in NBA 1971-72.

17 Oct 1971121–120 this game
12 Dec 1971New York Knicks 103–92 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Dec 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 84–104 New York Knicks
12 Feb 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 91–106 New York Knicks
20 Feb 1972New York Knicks 109–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
25 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 83–98 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 0–2
Cleveland Cavaliers: 1–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

6 Jan 1971New York Knicks 127–94 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Dec 1971New York Knicks 103–92 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.