NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets107–117Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 4 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 27th meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	11–28	6–7	16	4	1	28
Calvin Murphy	8–15	8–8	3	4	3	24
Rudy Tomjanovich	9–16	6–7	8	2	3	24
Jim Davis	4–8	2–4	5	1	4	10
Cliff Meely	2–7	1–2	5	0	5	5
Mike Newlin	2–6	1–1	1	1	2	5
Stu Lantz	2–11	1–2	4	4	2	5
Curtis Perry	2–7	0–0	5	0	1	4
Johnny Egan	1–4	0–0	1	1	0	2
Dick Cunningham	0–0	0–0	1	1	1	0
Dick Gibbs	0–3	0–0	2	2	1	0
Team totals	41–105	25–31	51	20	23	107

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	14–27	10–12	7	6	2	38
Jo Jo White	10–23	5–5	6	6	4	25
Don Chaney	6–9	7–7	7	3	5	19
Don Nelson	3–14	2–3	12	1	3	8
Hank Finkel	4–7	0–0	9	2	2	8
Art Williams	3–5	0–0	4	3	1	6
Dave Cowens	2–10	1–2	9	4	4	5
Steve Kuberski	2–4	0–0	1	1	0	4
Tom Sanders	1–5	2–2	6	2	4	4
Team totals	45–104	27–31	61	28	25	117

This season

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

27 Oct 1971Houston Rockets 97–108 Boston Celtics
10 Nov 1971Boston Celtics 142–103 Houston Rockets
4 Dec 1971107–117 this game
5 Jan 1972Boston Celtics 113–105 Houston Rockets
21 Jan 1972Houston Rockets 105–110 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 6–20
Boston Celtics: 14–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

10 Nov 1971Boston Celtics 142–103 Houston Rockets
5 Jan 1972Boston Celtics 113–105 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.