NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers112–119Golden State Warriors

Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors

Date: Tuesday 7 March 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 8th meetingof 148 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Rick Roberson	—	8–20	7–9	22	1	6	23
John Johnson	—	7–18	2–3	8	2	5	16
Austin Carr	—	5–16	4–5	3	1	2	14
Charlie Davis	—	6–12	2–2	1	2	1	14
Dave Sorenson	—	6–9	2–2	5	1	4	14
Butch Beard	—	4–7	5–8	5	4	3	13
Walt Wesley	—	3–11	1–3	7	0	4	7
Bingo Smith	—	2–4	0–0	3	0	0	4
John Warren	—	2–7	0–0	2	3	2	4
Bobby Washington	—	1–3	1–2	3	2	5	3
Team totals	—	44–107	24–34	59	16	32	112

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Nate Thurmond	45:00	9–17	12–15	19	8	3	30
Clyde Lee	43:00	3–7	3–4	20	1	5	9
Jeff Mullins	42:00	10–18	7–8	4	7	3	27
Jim Barnett	32:00	8–18	3–3	4	8	3	19
Cazzie Russell	32:00	7–14	2–3	4	2	2	16
Ron Williams	16:00	2–7	1–3	1	2	3	5
Joe Ellis	11:00	3–7	0–0	2	0	2	6
Nick Jones	7:00	1–2	2–2	0	0	0	4
Bill Turner	7:00	0–0	1–2	2	0	2	1
Bob Portman	5:00	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	43–91	33–42	56	28	23	119

This season

Golden State Warriors 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 0 in NBA 1971-72.

20 Oct 1971Golden State Warriors 115–98 Cleveland Cavaliers
11 Jan 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 92–101 Golden State Warriors
25 Jan 1972Golden State Warriors 117–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Mar 1972112–119 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 21–50
Golden State Warriors: 45–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 84, Cleveland Cavaliers 64.

25 Jan 1972Golden State Warriors 117–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Dec 1972Golden State Warriors 103–100 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.