NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons106–122Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 26 February 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	13–21	2–2	9	3	3	28
Dave Bing	8–27	4–5	2	8	0	20
Curtis Rowe	8–15	3–4	11	2	0	19
Howard Komives	5–10	1–3	5	4	4	11
Jimmy Walker	4–7	1–1	2	2	3	9
Jim Davis	3–7	0–0	5	4	3	6
Willie Norwood	2–9	2–2	10	1	4	6
Bill Hewitt	2–6	0–0	6	0	3	4
Terry Dischinger	1–3	0–2	3	0	3	2
Erwin Mueller	0–2	1–1	0	0	1	1
Isaiah Wilson	0–1	0–0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	46–108	14–20	53	25	24	106

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	17–31	2–3	18	2	2	36
Calvin Murphy	7–10	8–8	1	5	4	22
Stu Lantz	9–22	3–3	6	7	3	21
Cliff Meely	7–12	2–4	8	1	0	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	6–13	4–5	9	2	3	16
Greg Smith	3–7	3–3	11	5	1	9
Mike Newlin	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	2
Dick Cunningham	0–0	0–0	1	1	1	0
Johnny Egan	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0
Team totals	50–98	22–26	56	24	17	122

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Detroit Pistons 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 1972Houston Rockets 109–107 Detroit Pistons
26 Feb 1972106–122 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 23–44
Houston Rockets: 26–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Jan 1972Houston Rockets 109–107 Detroit Pistons
27 Oct 1972Detroit Pistons 118–130 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.