NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks112–121Detroit Pistons

Atlanta Hawks at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 17 March 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 232nd meetingof 487 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Washington	40:00	5–15	0–0	10	0	2	10
Walt Bellamy	—	13–21	4–7	16	2	3	30
Lou Hudson	—	11–18	4–5	5	2	2	26
Pete Maravich	—	5–15	7–10	4	11	2	17
Don Adams	—	7–15	2–3	6	2	4	16
Herm Gilliam	—	3–7	1–1	5	3	4	7
Bob Christian	—	2–4	0–0	4	0	1	4
Don May	—	1–3	0–1	1	0	2	2
George Trapp	—	0–5	0–0	1	0	2	0
Team totals	40:00	47–103	18–27	52	20	22	112

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	—	14–21	4–7	12	2	4	32
Dave Bing	—	13–22	2–3	4	7	1	28
Howard Komives	—	7–14	4–4	3	5	3	18
Terry Dischinger	—	4–8	2–4	9	5	5	10
Jim Davis	—	2–5	5–6	7	0	1	9
Curtis Rowe	—	2–11	4–6	15	2	1	8
Willie Norwood	—	2–4	3–6	1	1	2	7
Jimmy Walker	—	2–7	1–2	2	4	0	5
Bill Hewitt	—	2–5	0–0	3	2	2	4
Team totals	—	48–97	25–38	56	28	19	121

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Atlanta Hawks 3 in NBA 1971-72.

30 Oct 1971Detroit Pistons 104–99 Atlanta Hawks
1 Dec 1971Atlanta Hawks 117–103 Detroit Pistons
28 Jan 1972Detroit Pistons 106–124 Atlanta Hawks
15 Feb 1972Atlanta Hawks 113–105 Detroit Pistons
17 Mar 1972112–121 this game

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 30–45
Detroit Pistons: 23–51

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 247, Atlanta Hawks 240.

15 Feb 1972Atlanta Hawks 113–105 Detroit Pistons
21 Nov 1972Atlanta Hawks 110–113 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.