NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves87–102Houston Rockets

Buffalo Braves at Houston Rockets

Date: Sunday 31 October 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 236 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Kauffman	4–13	7–8	11	2	4	15
Elmore Smith	5–14	4–7	15	1	2	14
Em Bryant	5–8	3–5	5	4	4	13
Mike Davis	5–13	3–4	5	0	5	13
Fred Hilton	6–14	0–2	5	4	2	12
Randy Smith	5–9	0–0	3	2	3	10
Bill Hosket	1–5	2–2	3	0	2	4
Cornell Warner	1–3	0–0	5	0	1	2
Dick Garrett	0–3	2–3	1	1	4	2
Jerry Chambers	1–6	0–0	2	1	1	2
Team totals	33–88	21–31	55	15	28	87

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Cliff Meely	5–11	9–10	10	1	5	19
Calvin Murphy	6–10	4–4	4	5	2	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	4–12	7–9	11	4	3	15
Mike Newlin	5–9	1–1	6	2	3	11
Dick Cunningham	4–12	2–2	10	4	3	10
Elvin Hayes	4–11	2–3	5	0	0	10
Dick Gibbs	3–6	0–0	2	0	0	6
Stu Lantz	1–6	3–5	5	2	2	5
Curtis Perry	2–6	0–0	7	1	1	4
Larry Siegfried	1–5	2–3	0	1	2	4
Don Adams	1–5	0–0	1	0	0	2
Johnny Egan	0–2	0–0	1	2	0	0
Team totals	36–95	30–37	62	22	21	102

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Los Angeles Clippers 0 in NBA 1971-72.

31 Oct 197187–102 this game
30 Nov 1971Houston Rockets 115–101 Buffalo Braves
18 Feb 1972Houston Rockets 108–96 Buffalo Braves
11 Mar 1972Buffalo Braves 100–121 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 3–6
Houston Rockets: 1–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 137, Los Angeles Clippers 99.

9 Mar 1971Buffalo Braves 96–106 San Diego Rockets
30 Nov 1971Houston Rockets 115–101 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.