NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets106–116Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Wednesday 1 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	10–18	4–4	5	9	4	24
Stu Lantz	11–23	2–3	5	1	1	24
Rudy Tomjanovich	9–16	3–5	12	3	3	21
Cliff Meely	6–10	2–2	9	1	5	14
Elvin Hayes	4–13	3–3	11	11	1	11
Johnny Egan	2–5	0–0	0	1	1	4
Curtis Perry	1–2	0–0	1	0	0	2
Dick Gibbs	1–2	0–0	0	0	4	2
Jim Davis	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	2
John Vallely	1–1	0–2	0	0	0	2
Dick Cunningham	0–1	0–0	0	2	0	0
Mike Newlin	0–5	0–0	2	2	1	0
Team totals	45–96	16–21	46	30	21	106

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Butch Beard	10–12	1–2	6	9	2	21
Bingo Smith	10–20	0–0	8	4	4	20
John Johnson	8–17	4–4	11	9	2	20
Charlie Davis	7–15	5–5	1	5	1	19
Austin Carr	6–20	4–6	1	3	0	16
Walt Wesley	4–7	2–2	5	1	0	10
Rick Roberson	3–9	0–4	18	1	5	6
Dave Sorenson	1–1	0–0	0	0	1	2
John Warren	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Washington	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0
Team totals	50–102	16–23	51	32	16	116

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1971-72.

1 Dec 1971106–116 this game
15 Jan 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 109–112 Houston Rockets
4 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 130–123 Houston Rockets
24 Mar 1972Houston Rockets 127–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 6–18
Cleveland Cavaliers: 8–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.

5 Feb 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 105–116 San Diego Rockets
15 Jan 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 109–112 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.