NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers119–124Phoenix Suns

Philadelphia 76ers at Phoenix Suns

Date: Tuesday 21 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 139 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Rule	38:00	10–28	6–9	12	2	2	26
Billy Cunningham	38:00	8–14	4–5	7	4	6	20
Bill Bridges	35:00	6–11	6–10	15	5	6	18
Hal Greer	32:00	5–11	0–0	3	5	6	10
Kevin Loughery	23:00	8–13	5–7	6	1	6	21
Fred Carter	22:00	5–7	1–3	1	2	1	11
Luke Jackson	20:00	2–4	3–5	4	1	2	7
Dave Wohl	18:00	2–5	1–1	2	4	1	5
Dennis Awtrey	11:00	0–2	1–2	3	0	2	1
Al Henry	3:00	0–0	0–0	2	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–95	27–42	55	24	32	119

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Paul Silas	—	10–14	9–11	11	8	2	29
Connie Hawkins	—	9–18	10–13	10	2	4	28
Clem Haskins	—	7–14	4–5	7	0	1	18
Dick Van Arsdale	—	4–12	8–8	4	1	2	16
Neal Walk	—	7–11	1–4	5	2	6	15
Mo Layton	—	4–16	2–2	4	8	3	10
Otto Moore	—	3–14	0–0	10	2	5	6
Mel Counts	—	1–3	0–0	2	0	1	2
Lamar Green	—	0–1	0–0	1	1	3	0
Team totals	—	45–103	34–43	54	24	27	124

This season

Phoenix Suns 4, Philadelphia 76ers 1 in NBA 1971-72.

29 Oct 1971Phoenix Suns 137–135 Philadelphia 76ers
23 Nov 1971Philadelphia 76ers 107–128 Phoenix Suns
21 Dec 1971119–124 this game
8 Jan 1972Phoenix Suns 119–130 Philadelphia 76ers
8 Feb 1972Philadelphia 76ers 108–120 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 14–19
Phoenix Suns: 18–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 78, Philadelphia 76ers 61.

23 Nov 1971Philadelphia 76ers 107–128 Phoenix Suns
8 Jan 1972Phoenix Suns 119–130 Philadelphia 76ers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.