- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1971-72Regular season
- Meeting
- 7th meetingof 248 played
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Beard | — | 7–12 | 3–5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Bingo Smith | — | 5–13 | 3–4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Rick Roberson | — | 4–9 | 4–5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Walt Wesley | — | 4–10 | 3–6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Dave Sorenson | — | 2–8 | 4–5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Jackie Ridgle | — | 3–6 | 2–2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| John Johnson | — | 4–10 | 0–2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| John Warren | — | 2–6 | 0–0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Bobby Washington | — | 1–7 | 1–1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Greg Howard | — | 0–4 | 0–2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Patterson | — | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | — | 32–89 | 20–32 | 50 | 9 | 22 | 84 |
New York Knicks
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Monroe | 6:00 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Walt Frazier | — | 9–22 | 7–8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| Dave DeBusschere | — | 10–18 | 0–0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Dick Barnett | — | 9–15 | 2–4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| Jerry Lucas | — | 8–15 | 0–0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| Bill Bradley | — | 4–13 | 1–1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Phil Jackson | — | 0–3 | 4–5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Dean Meminger | — | 1–6 | 0–0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Mast | — | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luther Rackley | — | 0–4 | 2–2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Charlie Paulk | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Miles | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 6:00 | 44–106 | 16–20 | 64 | 24 | 21 | 104 |
This season
New York Knicks 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1971-72.
Records going in
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 11–21
- New York Knicks
- 17–13
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: New York Knicks 136, Cleveland Cavaliers 112.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.