- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1971-72Regular season
- Meeting
- 28th meetingof 178 played
Boston Celtics
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Jo White | 11–22 | 8–8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| John Havlicek | 12–26 | 5–7 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| Don Nelson | 7–13 | 6–6 | 6 | — | 1 | 20 |
| Dave Cowens | 7–12 | 0–0 | 21 | — | 3 | 14 |
| Tom Sanders | 4–9 | 1–1 | 5 | — | 4 | 9 |
| Art Williams | 3–6 | 1–1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Don Chaney | 1–10 | 1–2 | 6 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Hank Finkel | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Team totals | 45–98 | 23–27 | 58 | 28 | 22 | 113 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Hayes | 11–26 | 3–5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| Calvin Murphy | 6–18 | 9–9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| Stu Lantz | 8–16 | 3–4 | 5 | — | 3 | 19 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 6–11 | 1–3 | 8 | — | 1 | 13 |
| Cliff Meely | 4–13 | 1–1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Mike Newlin | 3–8 | 1–1 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 |
| Greg Smith | 3–7 | 0–2 | 6 | — | 5 | 6 |
| McCoy McLemore | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3 | — | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Egan | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 | — | 3 | 2 |
| Dick Gibbs | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 |
| Team totals | 43–103 | 19–27 | 49 | 18 | 23 | 105 |
This season
Houston Rockets 0, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1971-72.
Records going in
- Boston Celtics
- 27–14
- Houston Rockets
- 15–26
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.