NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns124–106Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 29 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 25th meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Clem Haskins	10–16	7–8	8	4	2	27
Dick Van Arsdale	9–16	9–9	3	2	2	27
Connie Hawkins	8–15	3–3	8	8	3	19
Mel Counts	7–8	2–2	10	0	3	16
Paul Silas	5–13	5–8	13	5	3	15
Neal Walk	3–12	4–5	8	1	4	10
Otto Moore	5–9	0–0	6	3	5	10
Art Harris	0–1	0–0	0	1	0	0
John Wetzel	0–1	0–0	3	1	1	0
Lamar Green	0–0	0–0	0	1	0	0
Mo Layton	0–2	0–0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	47–93	30–35	60	27	24	124

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Stu Lantz	8–18	3–4	2	3	4	19
Cliff Meely	7–16	2–4	6	3	3	16
Elvin Hayes	5–17	6–12	17	2	4	16
Greg Smith	6–10	3–4	5	3	6	15
Calvin Murphy	5–23	3–3	2	5	3	13
John Vallely	4–4	0–0	1	1	0	8
Dick Gibbs	2–8	3–3	3	0	1	7
Mike Newlin	2–9	2–3	4	1	1	6
Rudy Tomjanovich	2–4	2–2	9	0	2	6
Dick Cunningham	0–3	0–0	2	0	0	0
McCoy McLemore	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	41–114	24–35	51	18	24	106

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Phoenix Suns 3 in NBA 1971-72.

16 Oct 1971Houston Rockets 108–128 Phoenix Suns
28 Nov 1971Phoenix Suns 116–110 Houston Rockets
11 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 111–110 Phoenix Suns
29 Dec 1971124–106 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 20–16
Houston Rockets: 13–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

11 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 111–110 Phoenix Suns
10 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 109–115 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.