NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks115–129Houston Rockets

Atlanta Hawks at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 30 December 1971
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 29th meetingof 170 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Washington	24:00	6–13	0–0	9	0	5	12
Lou Hudson	—	11–22	6–9	4	5	5	28
Don Adams	—	6–13	7–8	4	3	5	19
Don May	—	4–6	8–11	3	1	2	16
Walt Bellamy	—	7–17	2–8	15	3	6	16
Herm Gilliam	—	7–17	1–1	6	9	3	15
Larry Siegfried	—	1–2	2–2	0	0	1	4
Bob Christian	—	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	2
George Trapp	—	1–4	0–0	3	0	4	2
Jeff Halliburton	—	0–1	1–1	0	1	0	1
Team totals	24:00	44–96	27–40	44	23	32	115

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	—	16–26	10–15	14	1	4	42
Stu Lantz	—	8–16	7–7	5	6	3	23
Calvin Murphy	—	8–17	5–5	2	8	4	21
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	7–14	5–7	23	1	3	19
Cliff Meely	—	6–12	4–7	7	1	5	16
Greg Smith	—	1–2	2–3	2	0	5	4
Johnny Egan	—	1–2	2–2	0	2	0	4
Dick Gibbs	—	0–1	0–0	0	0	2	0
John Vallely	—	0–3	0–0	1	0	0	0
Mike Newlin	—	0–0	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	47–93	35–46	54	19	27	129

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Atlanta Hawks 1 in NBA 1971-72.

10 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 88–95 Houston Rockets
15 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 117–115 Atlanta Hawks
30 Dec 1971115–129 this game
6 Feb 1972Atlanta Hawks 113–120 Houston Rockets
22 Mar 1972Houston Rockets 106–107 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 13–24
Houston Rockets: 13–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 86, Atlanta Hawks 84.

15 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 117–115 Atlanta Hawks
6 Feb 1972Atlanta Hawks 113–120 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.