- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1971-72Regular season
- Meeting
- 25th meetingof 178 played
Houston Rockets
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 11–18 | 3–4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| Calvin Murphy | 10–20 | 4–4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| Stu Lantz | 6–19 | 6–8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Elvin Hayes | 3–13 | 7–11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Curtis Perry | 3–8 | 0–0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Dick Gibbs | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Newlin | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dick Cunningham | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Egan | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cliff Meely | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 38–91 | 21–28 | 54 | 18 | 16 | 97 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Jo White | 14–24 | 3–4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 31 |
| John Havlicek | 7–20 | 7–7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| Dave Cowens | 7–21 | 0–0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Don Nelson | 5–13 | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Don Chaney | 4–6 | 2–3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Steve Kuberski | 4–8 | 0–0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Hank Finkel | 3–6 | 0–0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Tom Sanders | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Art Williams | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Rex Morgan | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 47–106 | 14–16 | 56 | 30 | 19 | 108 |
This season
Boston Celtics 5, Houston Rockets 0 in NBA 1971-72.
Records going in
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.