NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final/OT

Houston Rockets117–115Atlanta Hawks

Houston Rockets at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Wednesday 15 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 170 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Stu Lantz	—	12–17	6–6	2	3	3	30
Elvin Hayes	—	9–24	10–10	16	2	3	28
Greg Smith	—	9–16	3–5	4	4	3	21
Cliff Meely	—	6–15	2–4	16	3	3	14
Mike Newlin	—	4–11	2–3	4	2	3	10
John Vallely	—	3–5	0–0	2	0	4	6
Calvin Murphy	—	2–5	0–0	0	5	3	4
Johnny Egan	—	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	0–1	2–2	1	0	1	2
Dick Gibbs	—	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	—	46–96	25–30	45	20	24	117

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Washington	49:00	6–12	3–6	14	2	3	15
Lou Hudson	—	14–24	6–6	3	3	1	34
Pete Maravich	—	15–24	2–4	4	7	5	32
Herm Gilliam	—	4–9	4–5	7	2	1	12
Don Adams	—	3–11	2–4	13	0	4	8
Walt Bellamy	—	4–11	0–0	13	6	5	8
Don May	—	1–5	1–1	1	0	1	3
Bob Christian	—	1–4	0–0	4	0	0	2
Larry Siegfried	—	0–0	1–1	0	1	0	1
Team totals	49:00	48–100	19–27	59	21	20	115

This season

Atlanta Hawks 1, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1971-72.

10 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 88–95 Houston Rockets
15 Dec 1971117–115 this game
30 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 115–129 Houston Rockets
6 Feb 1972Atlanta Hawks 113–120 Houston Rockets
22 Mar 1972Houston Rockets 106–107 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 9–23
Atlanta Hawks: 8–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 84, Houston Rockets 86.

10 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 88–95 Houston Rockets
30 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 115–129 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.