NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers117–120Atlanta Hawks

Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Saturday 5 February 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 8th meetingof 263 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Johnson	—	10–17	9–9	8	3	5	29
Bingo Smith	—	9–12	1–1	4	1	3	19
Dave Sorenson	—	8–14	2–3	6	0	3	18
Austin Carr	—	7–13	3–3	2	4	5	17
Butch Beard	—	5–9	6–7	2	7	5	16
Rick Roberson	—	3–13	6–6	16	3	5	12
Walt Wesley	—	2–9	0–0	8	0	4	4
Bobby Washington	—	0–1	2–3	1	2	1	2
Charlie Davis	—	0–3	0–0	1	2	0	0
Steve Patterson	—	0–1	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	44–92	29–32	48	22	32	117

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Washington	28:00	1–6	3–5	6	1	4	5
Pete Maravich	—	20–27	10–13	4	2	4	50
Lou Hudson	—	4–13	7–9	4	4	2	15
Don May	—	4–6	2–2	4	0	1	10
Walt Bellamy	—	3–8	4–8	4	2	1	10
George Trapp	—	3–4	3–4	4	0	4	9
Herm Gilliam	—	3–7	3–3	0	3	3	9
Tom Payne	—	3–6	3–3	4	5	4	9
Don Adams	—	1–7	0–0	5	2	2	2
Bob Christian	—	0–2	1–2	1	0	1	1
Team totals	28:00	42–86	36–49	36	19	26	120

This season

Atlanta Hawks 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1971-72.

29 Oct 1971Atlanta Hawks 98–97 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Nov 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 103–95 Atlanta Hawks
23 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 110–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Feb 1972117–120 this game
12 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 114–135 Atlanta Hawks
19 Mar 1972Atlanta Hawks 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 17–39
Atlanta Hawks: 20–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 135, Cleveland Cavaliers 128.

23 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 110–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 114–135 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.