NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers114–135Atlanta Hawks

Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Sunday 12 March 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 263 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Johnson	—	11–22	1–1	14	4	6	23
Rick Roberson	—	8–22	7–9	10	1	5	23
Butch Beard	—	10–20	2–3	7	5	2	22
Bingo Smith	—	8–18	4–5	6	6	4	20
Austin Carr	—	6–21	3–4	2	3	4	15
Steve Patterson	—	2–4	0–0	5	0	1	4
Walt Wesley	—	1–4	1–1	3	0	2	3
Dave Sorenson	—	1–4	0–0	2	0	1	2
John Warren	—	1–2	0–0	2	0	1	2
Bobby Washington	—	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	48–119	18–23	51	19	26	114

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Washington	28:00	4–6	1–1	5	2	3	9
Lou Hudson	—	12–19	7–7	7	5	2	31
Walt Bellamy	—	11–16	7–11	19	3	2	29
Don Adams	—	7–15	7–10	10	2	4	21
George Trapp	—	5–13	7–8	8	2	3	17
Pete Maravich	—	5–11	1–1	5	6	3	11
Don May	—	2–2	3–4	3	0	0	7
Herm Gilliam	—	3–6	0–0	2	4	1	6
Bob Christian	—	1–3	0–0	4	0	1	2
Tom Payne	—	1–2	0–0	3	0	0	2
Team totals	28:00	51–93	33–42	66	24	19	135

This season

Atlanta Hawks 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1971-72.

29 Oct 1971Atlanta Hawks 98–97 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Nov 1971Cleveland Cavaliers 103–95 Atlanta Hawks
23 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 110–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Feb 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 117–120 Atlanta Hawks
12 Mar 1972114–135 this game
19 Mar 1972Atlanta Hawks 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 21–52
Atlanta Hawks: 28–44

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 135, Cleveland Cavaliers 128.

5 Feb 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 117–120 Atlanta Hawks
19 Mar 1972Atlanta Hawks 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.