NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

New York Knicks109–111Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 20 February 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Earl Monroe	22:00	6–11	3–5	4	4	2	15
Dave DeBusschere	—	11–19	6–6	14	5	3	28
Jerry Lucas	—	10–16	3–5	12	10	3	23
Walt Frazier	—	7–17	5–7	7	6	4	19
Dick Barnett	—	4–10	5–7	4	4	3	13
Phil Jackson	—	2–6	3–6	8	3	6	7
Dean Meminger	—	1–3	0–0	1	1	0	2
Luther Rackley	—	1–5	0–1	3	0	1	2
Eddie Mast	—	0–2	0–0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	22:00	42–89	25–37	54	33	22	109

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	—	11–21	3–3	4	3	1	25
Butch Beard	—	8–16	5–8	2	9	2	21
Walt Wesley	—	9–16	0–0	13	3	5	18
Charlie Davis	—	4–7	5–5	2	3	3	13
Bingo Smith	—	3–13	5–5	4	6	3	11
Steve Patterson	—	5–8	0–2	7	3	2	10
Rick Roberson	—	4–9	1–1	7	2	6	9
Greg Howard	—	2–4	0–0	0	1	3	4
John Johnson	—	0–6	0–0	3	0	1	0
John Warren	—	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	46–101	19–24	42	30	26	111

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, New York Knicks 5 in NBA 1971-72.

17 Oct 1971New York Knicks 121–120 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Dec 1971New York Knicks 103–92 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Dec 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 84–104 New York Knicks
12 Feb 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 91–106 New York Knicks
20 Feb 1972109–111 this game
25 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 83–98 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 40–23
Cleveland Cavaliers: 18–47

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

12 Feb 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 91–106 New York Knicks
25 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 83–98 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.