NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final/OT

Milwaukee Bucks118–120Detroit Pistons

Milwaukee Bucks at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 25 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 292 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	18–34	2–5	18	8	4	38
Bob Dandridge	10–15	6–9	8	1	4	26
Oscar Robertson	5–13	9–10	5	10	1	19
Jon McGlocklin	6–9	1–1	4	2	1	13
Curtis Perry	4–13	3–4	14	0	4	11
Wali Jones	3–9	0–1	5	3	5	6
Lucius Allen	1–4	1–1	2	1	1	3
Toby Kimball	1–3	0–0	2	1	1	2
John Block	0–3	0–3	1	0	3	0
Team totals	48–103	22–34	59	26	24	118

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	16–41	3–5	21	3	4	35
Jimmy Walker	12–21	8–11	1	5	2	32
Howard Komives	5–13	5–5	4	3	5	15
Curtis Rowe	6–11	0–0	14	1	5	12
Terry Dischinger	5–15	2–2	9	2	5	12
Isaiah Wilson	2–2	2–3	0	0	0	6
Willie Norwood	3–4	0–0	0	0	1	6
Bob Quick	0–2	2–2	4	2	1	2
Harvey Marlatt	0–0	0–0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	49–109	22–28	53	17	25	120

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Milwaukee Bucks 5 in NBA 1971-72.

6 Nov 1971Detroit Pistons 78–106 Milwaukee Bucks
23 Nov 1971Milwaukee Bucks 112–104 Detroit Pistons
25 Dec 1971118–120 this game
8 Jan 1972Detroit Pistons 119–136 Milwaukee Bucks
26 Jan 1972Milwaukee Bucks 120–94 Detroit Pistons
29 Feb 1972Detroit Pistons 113–131 Milwaukee Bucks

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 30–5
Detroit Pistons: 13–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 130, Milwaukee Bucks 162.

23 Nov 1971Milwaukee Bucks 112–104 Detroit Pistons
8 Jan 1972Detroit Pistons 119–136 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.