- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1971-72Regular season
- Meeting
- 29th meetingof 178 played
Houston Rockets
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 10–18 | 5–7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| Calvin Murphy | 8–20 | 5–5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| Elvin Hayes | 8–19 | 5–10 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Stu Lantz | 4–15 | 7–8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Mike Newlin | 4–11 | 1–2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Greg Smith | 4–12 | 0–0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Cliff Meely | 2–8 | 0–0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dick Cunningham | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dick Gibbs | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 41–107 | 23–32 | 64 | 20 | 22 | 105 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Jo White | 14–30 | 0–0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| John Havlicek | 13–28 | 2–4 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
| Dave Cowens | 9–19 | 4–5 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| Don Chaney | 6–11 | 4–5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| Art Williams | 2–5 | 2–2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Don Nelson | 1–6 | 3–7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Tom Sanders | 1–4 | 1–3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Steve Kuberski | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 47–104 | 16–26 | 58 | 34 | 25 | 110 |
This season
Boston Celtics 5, Houston Rockets 0 in NBA 1971-72.
Records going in
- Houston Rockets
- 17–30
- Boston Celtics
- 32–16
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.