NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final/OT

Buffalo Braves122–117Atlanta Hawks

Buffalo Braves at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Friday 5 November 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 136 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	—	15–21	5–10	8	2	3	35
Elmore Smith	—	10–21	6–8	12	0	4	26
Bob Kauffman	—	6–9	7–8	10	6	6	19
Dick Garrett	—	8–14	2–3	4	4	4	18
Bill Hosket	—	5–8	0–0	5	1	4	10
Em Bryant	—	2–7	2–3	3	2	5	6
Jerry Chambers	—	2–3	1–2	1	0	1	5
Mike Davis	—	0–4	3–4	2	1	5	3
Fred Hilton	—	0–4	0–0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	—	48–91	26–38	45	17	32	122

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Bridges	41:00	5–11	3–5	12	6	4	13
George Trapp	—	13–28	8–10	7	1	4	34
Herm Gilliam	—	7–13	2–4	5	4	5	16
Lou Hudson	—	4–12	5–6	4	3	1	13
Walt Bellamy	—	2–8	7–13	13	2	4	11
Bob Christian	—	4–5	1–1	9	1	5	9
John Vallely	—	3–9	2–3	0	0	1	8
Don May	—	3–9	1–1	0	0	1	7
Jim Davis	—	1–3	4–6	3	0	1	6
Milt Williams	—	0–3	0–0	0	3	1	0
Team totals	41:00	42–101	33–49	53	20	27	117

This season

Atlanta Hawks 4, Los Angeles Clippers 2 in NBA 1971-72.

5 Nov 1971122–117 this game
23 Nov 1971Atlanta Hawks 97–102 Buffalo Braves
25 Dec 1971Buffalo Braves 117–140 Atlanta Hawks
25 Jan 1972Atlanta Hawks 123–110 Buffalo Braves
13 Feb 1972Buffalo Braves 119–133 Atlanta Hawks
29 Feb 1972Atlanta Hawks 99–89 Buffalo Braves

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 3–8
Atlanta Hawks: 3–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 83, Los Angeles Clippers 53.

27 Feb 1971Buffalo Braves 117–134 Atlanta Hawks
23 Nov 1971Atlanta Hawks 97–102 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.