NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers148–119Cleveland Cavaliers

Philadelphia 76ers at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 2 January 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 239 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Rule	41:00	4–10	10–11	7	2	1	18
Dave Wohl	39:00	8–13	4–6	3	12	4	20
Billy Cunningham	38:00	12–16	14–16	9	9	3	38
Fred Carter	36:00	8–13	1–3	5	7	4	17
Bill Bridges	32:00	4–9	5–5	8	3	3	13
Hal Greer	21:00	7–11	3–3	3	3	5	17
Fred Foster	20:00	7–11	2–2	3	2	3	16
Dennis Awtrey	8:00	0–0	1–2	2	1	2	1
Al Henry	3:00	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	4
Barry Yates	2:00	1–1	2–3	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	53–86	42–51	40	39	26	148

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bingo Smith	—	13–29	2–3	5	4	2	28
John Johnson	—	8–22	8–8	11	3	4	24
Butch Beard	—	3–7	8–9	2	8	4	14
Dave Sorenson	—	6–8	2–2	3	2	3	14
Walt Wesley	—	6–14	1–2	8	3	6	13
Jackie Ridgle	—	1–2	4–4	0	1	0	6
Greg Howard	—	2–4	1–2	2	1	2	5
Rick Roberson	—	1–3	3–3	5	2	5	5
Bobby Washington	—	1–7	2–2	3	8	3	4
Steve Patterson	—	2–6	0–2	2	1	1	4
John Warren	—	1–4	0–0	3	3	2	2
Team totals	—	44–106	31–37	44	36	32	119

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Philadelphia 76ers 4 in NBA 1971-72.

24 Oct 1971Philadelphia 76ers 111–93 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Oct 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 106–120 Philadelphia 76ers
28 Nov 1971Philadelphia 76ers 120–124 Cleveland Cavaliers
29 Dec 1971Philadelphia 76ers 102–103 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Jan 1972148–119 this game
16 Feb 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 116–126 Philadelphia 76ers

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 15–24
Cleveland Cavaliers: 15–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Philadelphia 76ers 122.

29 Dec 1971Philadelphia 76ers 102–103 Cleveland Cavaliers
16 Feb 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 116–126 Philadelphia 76ers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.