NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets109–107Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 23 January 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 30th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Stu Lantz	11–21	10–12	3	6	1	32
Mike Newlin	11–20	4–5	8	4	5	26
Elvin Hayes	7–24	5–14	11	5	1	19
McCoy McLemore	5–9	0–0	5	0	6	10
Cliff Meely	3–7	1–2	13	1	1	7
Greg Smith	3–7	0–0	3	2	1	6
Rudy Tomjanovich	2–7	1–2	10	1	2	5
Dick Cunningham	1–4	0–0	3	2	0	2
John Vallely	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	2
Calvin Murphy	0–4	0–0	1	2	2	0
Team totals	44–105	21–35	57	24	20	109

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Bing	13–30	6–8	8	7	4	32
Jimmy Walker	8–14	3–4	2	5	6	19
Terry Dischinger	9–14	1–2	11	2	6	19
Bob Lanier	7–23	2–3	15	4	5	16
Curtis Rowe	4–12	3–4	12	1	1	11
Jim Davis	3–5	0–0	4	1	2	6
Willie Norwood	2–2	0–0	1	1	0	4
Bill Hewitt	0–0	0–0	3	0	0	0
Howard Komives	0–1	0–0	2	3	0	0
Team totals	46–101	15–21	58	24	24	107

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1971-72.

17 Oct 1971Houston Rockets 99–112 Detroit Pistons
26 Oct 1971Houston Rockets 104–103 Detroit Pistons
3 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 112–113 Detroit Pistons
2 Jan 1972Detroit Pistons 109–107 Houston Rockets
23 Jan 1972109–107 this game
26 Feb 1972Detroit Pistons 106–122 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 17–32
Detroit Pistons: 18–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

2 Jan 1972Detroit Pistons 109–107 Houston Rockets
26 Feb 1972Detroit Pistons 106–122 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.