NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers107–126Boston Celtics

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 8 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 6th meetingof 284 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Sorenson	6–12	7–8	5	0	2	19
Bingo Smith	7–12	3–4	7	2	2	17
Charlie Davis	4–11	8–9	3	4	3	16
Butch Beard	6–13	3–4	4	4	3	15
John Johnson	4–6	4–5	3	2	0	12
Greg Howard	2–4	3–3	3	0	3	7
Walt Wesley	2–5	2–4	4	0	1	6
Rick Roberson	2–9	1–5	9	0	4	5
Austin Carr	1–4	0–0	2	2	1	2
Bobby Washington	1–5	0–0	1	6	0	2
Jackie Ridgle	0–2	2–2	1	1	1	2
John Warren	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	2
Steve Patterson	1–9	0–0	8	1	2	2
Team totals	37–95	33–44	51	22	23	107

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	13–24	2–2	3	7	1	28
Jo Jo White	12–24	3–4	5	8	3	27
Don Chaney	6–10	7–9	10	3	3	19
Don Nelson	4–10	6–7	3	2	0	14
Dave Cowens	4–6	2–2	5	1	6	10
Garfield Smith	4–5	2–3	3	1	1	10
Tom Sanders	2–6	2–2	8	0	3	6
Art Williams	1–3	2–2	2	3	3	4
Rex Morgan	2–6	0–0	1	1	1	4
Hank Finkel	1–6	1–1	8	5	6	3
Clarence Glover	0–0	1–3	5	1	0	1
Steve Kuberski	0–9	0–0	1	0	2	0
Team totals	49–109	28–35	54	32	29	126

This season

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

21 Nov 1971Boston Celtics 128–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Dec 1971107–126 this game
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

Cleveland Cavaliers: 9–17
Boston Celtics: 16–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

21 Nov 1971Boston Celtics 128–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Dec 1971Boston Celtics 115–109 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.