NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets105–118Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 28 January 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 33rd meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	13–32	7–8	18	3	3	33
Stu Lantz	6–15	8–8	7	3	2	20
Cliff Meely	6–12	4–6	8	4	6	16
Calvin Murphy	6–13	0–1	3	3	4	12
Mike Newlin	3–20	4–5	6	2	5	10
Rudy Tomjanovich	3–8	0–0	8	0	1	6
Dick Gibbs	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	2
Greg Smith	1–3	0–0	2	0	3	2
John Vallely	1–5	0–0	1	0	0	2
McCoy McLemore	1–3	0–0	5	1	1	2
Dick Cunningham	0–1	0–0	2	0	0	0
Team totals	41–114	23–28	61	16	26	105

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Gail Goodrich	10–18	8–10	0	3	2	28
Jerry West	9–25	9–10	3	9	2	27
Jim McMillian	10–18	1–4	4	4	1	21
Wilt Chamberlain	4–6	5–7	18	3	4	13
Keith Erickson	5–10	0–0	5	2	1	10
Happy Hairston	3–6	2–3	18	1	2	8
John Trapp	1–9	1–1	8	0	4	3
Flynn Robinson	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	2
Jim Cleamons	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	2
Leroy Ellis	1–1	0–0	3	1	1	2
Pat Riley	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	46–100	26–35	60	24	19	118

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 5, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1971-72.

24 Oct 1971Los Angeles Lakers 113–103 Houston Rockets
19 Nov 1971Houston Rockets 99–106 Los Angeles Lakers
8 Dec 1971Los Angeles Lakers 125–120 Houston Rockets
26 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 115–137 Los Angeles Lakers
28 Jan 1972105–118 this game
23 Feb 1972Los Angeles Lakers 110–115 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 19–33
Los Angeles Lakers: 42–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 179, Houston Rockets 106.

26 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 115–137 Los Angeles Lakers
23 Feb 1972Los Angeles Lakers 110–115 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.