NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics128–105Cleveland Cavaliers

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 21 November 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 284 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	16–23	4–6	8	9	0	36
Jo Jo White	16–31	1–1	6	9	3	33
Dave Cowens	9–15	1–2	16	4	5	19
Don Nelson	6–11	4–4	5	2	4	16
Art Williams	4–4	3–4	6	12	2	11
Steve Kuberski	3–7	1–1	2	1	1	7
Clarence Glover	1–1	0–0	1	0	0	2
Hank Finkel	1–2	0–1	4	1	1	2
Tom Sanders	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	2
Garfield Smith	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	0
Rex Morgan	0–1	0–0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	57–98	14–21	49	40	18	128

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Butch Beard	10–17	1–1	6	3	1	21
Austin Carr	7–26	5–7	5	5	1	19
Walt Wesley	8–22	2–3	16	3	4	18
Charlie Davis	6–17	4–4	2	2	2	16
Bingo Smith	5–10	0–0	2	5	3	10
Steve Patterson	3–10	3–4	10	5	3	9
Dave Sorenson	3–7	2–2	5	1	1	8
Jackie Ridgle	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2
John Johnson	1–7	0–0	11	5	2	2
Bobby Washington	0–3	0–0	2	2	0	0
Greg Howard	0–2	0–0	4	1	1	0
Team totals	44–123	17–21	63	32	18	105

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1971-72.

21 Nov 1971128–105 this game
8 Dec 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 107–126 Boston Celtics
17 Dec 1971Boston Celtics 115–109 Cleveland Cavaliers
26 Jan 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 112–108 Boston Celtics
23 Feb 1972Boston Celtics 113–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 105–115 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 11–7
Cleveland Cavaliers: 4–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 114, Boston Celtics 170.

25 Jan 1971Boston Celtics 116–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Dec 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 107–126 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.