- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1971-72Regular season
- Meeting
- 10th meetingof 284 played
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Carr | 12–25 | 3–3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| Rick Roberson | 5–12 | 5–7 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Charlie Davis | 5–8 | 1–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| John Johnson | 5–13 | 0–0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| John Warren | 3–9 | 4–5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Bobby Washington | 3–10 | 2–3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Walt Wesley | 4–9 | 0–0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Bingo Smith | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Dave Sorenson | 3–6 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Greg Howard | 2–5 | 0–0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Butch Beard | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Patterson | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 45–110 | 15–19 | 57 | 21 | 26 | 105 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Havlicek | 12–18 | 7–10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| Dave Cowens | 12–17 | 5–6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| Jo Jo White | 8–20 | 5–8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| Don Chaney | 6–12 | 0–0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Don Nelson | 2–8 | 7–10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Steve Kuberski | 2–7 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tom Sanders | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Hank Finkel | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rex Morgan | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Art Williams | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Clarence Glover | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 45–96 | 25–36 | 58 | 25 | 21 | 115 |
This season
Boston Celtics 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1971-72.
Records going in
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 20–49
- Boston Celtics
- 47–23
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.