NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets100–110New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Wednesday 16 February 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	—	11–29	4–4	14	2	2	26
Stu Lantz	—	9–16	7–7	5	4	3	25
Calvin Murphy	—	5–19	6–6	6	4	5	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	6–11	3–5	16	1	1	15
Cliff Meely	—	5–10	0–0	5	1	2	10
Greg Smith	—	2–7	0–0	1	1	5	4
Mike Newlin	—	2–7	0–2	5	2	4	4
Dick Cunningham	—	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0
Dick Gibbs	—	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0
Team totals	—	40–100	20–24	54	15	24	100

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Earl Monroe	22:00	6–12	6–7	1	1	1	18
Walt Frazier	—	9–19	10–11	11	4	1	28
Bill Bradley	—	7–18	2–2	3	6	3	16
Dave DeBusschere	—	5–13	3–3	12	5	3	13
Dick Barnett	—	5–13	2–2	5	5	2	12
Jerry Lucas	—	5–12	2–2	10	2	4	12
Phil Jackson	—	2–3	3–3	4	1	4	7
Luther Rackley	—	2–7	0–0	6	0	3	4
Dean Meminger	—	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0
Team totals	22:00	41–98	28–30	53	25	23	110

This season

New York Knicks 5, Houston Rockets 0 in NBA 1971-72.

28 Oct 1971Houston Rockets 94–112 New York Knicks
3 Nov 1971New York Knicks 117–98 Houston Rockets
16 Jan 1972New York Knicks 109–108 Houston Rockets
16 Feb 1972100–110 this game
16 Mar 1972New York Knicks 103–102 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 24–38
New York Knicks: 37–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

16 Jan 1972New York Knicks 109–108 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 1972New York Knicks 103–102 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.