NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics142–103Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 10 November 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 26th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	12–14	5–5	10	2	4	29
John Havlicek	11–21	6–6	4	9	2	28
Don Chaney	6–15	5–7	9	0	5	17
Jo Jo White	8–16	1–3	6	10	2	17
Steve Kuberski	4–9	2–2	5	2	5	10
Don Nelson	2–3	5–6	6	2	4	9
Art Williams	3–7	2–2	8	7	2	8
Tom Sanders	4–5	0–0	1	0	1	8
Clarence Glover	2–5	2–2	6	0	4	6
Rex Morgan	3–7	0–2	2	2	3	6
Hank Finkel	2–7	0–0	6	1	1	4
Garfield Smith	0–2	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	57–111	28–35	63	35	34	142

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	11–22	8–11	16	4	4	30
Stu Lantz	5–12	8–14	4	2	0	18
Rudy Tomjanovich	6–10	2–5	7	1	3	14
Mike Newlin	4–18	5–9	6	0	4	13
Calvin Murphy	3–18	2–2	4	3	3	8
John Vallely	3–7	0–0	2	6	1	6
Dick Cunningham	0–2	5–6	10	0	2	5
Jim Davis	1–7	3–4	3	0	0	5
Cliff Meely	1–3	0–0	2	0	1	2
Curtis Perry	1–6	0–0	6	0	2	2
Dick Gibbs	0–8	0–1	3	1	2	0
Johnny Egan	0–0	0–0	1	0	2	0
Team totals	35–113	33–52	64	17	24	103

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1971-72.

27 Oct 1971Houston Rockets 97–108 Boston Celtics
10 Nov 1971142–103 this game
4 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 107–117 Boston Celtics
5 Jan 1972Boston Celtics 113–105 Houston Rockets
21 Jan 1972Houston Rockets 105–110 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 9–2
Houston Rockets: 2–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

27 Oct 1971Houston Rockets 97–108 Boston Celtics
4 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 107–117 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.