NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers112–121Houston Rockets

Philadelphia 76ers at Houston Rockets

Date: Sunday 12 March 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 29th meetingof 163 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Billy Cunningham	38:00	9–20	2–2	9	4	3	20
Fred Carter	34:00	8–17	1–1	4	2	3	17
Dave Wohl	28:00	6–14	2–4	5	3	4	14
Bill Bridges	26:00	4–9	8–10	6	5	4	16
Luke Jackson	26:00	2–10	2–3	9	2	4	6
Al Henry	25:00	1–13	4–7	9	0	1	6
Hal Greer	20:00	3–6	1–1	3	2	1	7
Bob Rule	19:00	5–8	1–1	4	2	2	11
Kevin Loughery	14:00	2–8	2–2	0	1	3	6
Barry Yates	5:00	3–3	0–0	1	2	2	6
Dennis Awtrey	5:00	0–0	3–4	2	1	2	3
Team totals	240:00	43–108	26–35	52	24	29	112

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	15–21	3–3	17	5	3	33
Elvin Hayes	—	9–21	9–12	19	4	1	27
Calvin Murphy	—	7–12	8–10	0	5	4	22
Stu Lantz	—	6–13	5–8	4	2	3	17
Greg Smith	—	6–10	4–6	6	6	4	16
Dick Cunningham	—	0–2	4–5	5	0	3	4
Mike Newlin	—	1–5	0–0	2	0	6	2
Dick Gibbs	—	0–2	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	44–86	33–44	53	22	25	121

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Philadelphia 76ers 1 in NBA 1971-72.

14 Oct 1971Philadelphia 76ers 105–94 Houston Rockets
17 Nov 1971Houston Rockets 118–112 Philadelphia 76ers
24 Nov 1971Philadelphia 76ers 108–109 Houston Rockets
14 Feb 1972Houston Rockets 130–116 Philadelphia 76ers
12 Mar 1972112–121 this game

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 29–44
Houston Rockets: 30–44

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 80, Philadelphia 76ers 83.

14 Feb 1972Houston Rockets 130–116 Philadelphia 76ers
1 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 108–104 Philadelphia 76ers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.