- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1971-72Regular season
- Meeting
- 7th meetingof 144 played
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Carr | 13–25 | 1–3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| Rick Roberson | 9–24 | 5–5 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| Butch Beard | 6–10 | 6–11 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
| John Johnson | 8–21 | 1–2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| Walt Wesley | 7–11 | 2–3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| Bingo Smith | 5–8 | 2–3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Dave Sorenson | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Charlie Davis | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bobby Washington | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Team totals | 55–108 | 20–30 | 61 | 29 | 24 | 130 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stu Lantz | 13–21 | 5–5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 31 |
| Calvin Murphy | 10–24 | 7–9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| Elvin Hayes | 8–22 | 5–8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 8–18 | 4–5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Greg Smith | 5–10 | 2–2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Cliff Meely | 3–7 | 2–2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Dick Gibbs | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Newlin | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dick Cunningham | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 48–109 | 27–33 | 49 | 19 | 22 | 123 |
This season
Houston Rockets 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1971-72.
Records going in
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 20–50
- Houston Rockets
- 28–41
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.