- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1971-72Regular season
- Meeting
- 6th meetingof 144 played
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Johnson | 8–15 | 4–5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Charlie Davis | 9–15 | 1–1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| Walt Wesley | 9–18 | 0–0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Bingo Smith | 4–12 | 5–5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Butch Beard | 5–12 | 3–4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| John Warren | 5–11 | 3–4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Dave Sorenson | 3–6 | 4–6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Steve Patterson | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Bobby Washington | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 44–92 | 21–28 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 109 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Hayes | 13–25 | 4–7 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| Mike Newlin | 8–16 | 5–6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Calvin Murphy | 6–13 | 5–6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| Stu Lantz | 7–17 | 3–3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| Greg Smith | 4–6 | 2–3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Cliff Meely | 4–8 | 1–2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| John Vallely | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 1–7 | 2–2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Dick Gibbs | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McCoy McLemore | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 45–100 | 22–29 | 47 | 25 | 26 | 112 |
This season
Houston Rockets 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1971-72.
Records going in
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 15–30
- Houston Rockets
- 15–29
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.