NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics120–116Philadelphia 76ers

Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers

Date: Tuesday 28 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 257th meetingof 579 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	—	14–30	8–12	10	6	4	36
Jo Jo White	—	10–28	5–5	6	3	3	25
Dave Cowens	—	7–17	2–3	17	3	4	16
Don Nelson	—	5–8	3–4	5	3	3	13
Tom Sanders	—	4–9	3–4	5	1	6	11
Art Williams	—	2–3	6–6	4	6	4	10
Don Chaney	—	3–6	1–4	8	2	3	7
Hank Finkel	—	1–2	0–0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	—	46–103	28–38	55	24	29	120

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Billy Cunningham	41:00	6–24	12–17	21	10	4	24
Bill Bridges	40:00	3–8	2–3	14	1	5	8
Bob Rule	37:00	5–13	3–6	7	2	2	13
Hal Greer	36:00	6–13	2–2	2	5	5	14
Fred Carter	22:00	6–13	1–4	7	2	1	13
Kevin Loughery	19:00	6–11	3–4	4	1	3	15
Dave Wohl	19:00	6–8	0–0	4	1	5	12
Fred Foster	17:00	5–11	2–3	1	0	2	12
Dennis Awtrey	9:00	2–2	1–1	1	0	1	5
Team totals	240:00	45–103	26–40	61	22	28	116

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 0, Boston Celtics 6 in NBA 1971-72.

28 Dec 1971120–116 this game
31 Dec 1971Philadelphia 76ers 119–131 Boston Celtics
30 Jan 1972Philadelphia 76ers 114–130 Boston Celtics
15 Mar 1972Boston Celtics 120–115 Philadelphia 76ers
17 Mar 1972Philadelphia 76ers 111–127 Boston Celtics
22 Mar 1972Philadelphia 76ers 106–113 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 25–12
Philadelphia 76ers: 15–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 247, Boston Celtics 332.

2 Feb 1971Boston Celtics 105–108 Philadelphia 76ers
31 Dec 1971Philadelphia 76ers 119–131 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.