NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers111–127Boston Celtics

Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 17 March 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 261st meetingof 579 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Billy Cunningham	35:00	10–21	4–6	12	3	2	24
Bob Rule	25:00	4–8	3–10	6	2	2	11
Fred Carter	—	7–16	4–4	6	5	5	18
Fred Foster	—	5–14	2–3	5	1	2	12
Bill Bridges	—	2–6	5–5	12	1	2	9
Dave Wohl	—	3–4	3–4	2	2	1	9
Hal Greer	—	3–6	2–2	3	1	4	8
Kevin Loughery	—	3–11	2–2	1	1	1	8
Luke Jackson	—	1–6	4–5	7	3	4	6
Al Henry	—	2–3	0–0	3	1	4	4
Barry Yates	—	1–4	0–0	2	0	0	2
Dennis Awtrey	—	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	60:00	41–100	29–41	59	20	27	111

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	—	14–24	7–9	8	7	1	35
Dave Cowens	—	7–11	6–8	16	2	4	20
Don Nelson	—	6–13	4–5	5	0	3	16
Don Chaney	—	5–10	5–9	7	0	3	15
Jo Jo White	—	4–20	3–4	9	9	3	11
Steve Kuberski	—	5–10	1–2	8	0	1	11
Clarence Glover	—	3–5	0–0	1	0	0	6
Art Williams	—	2–3	1–2	4	2	5	5
Tom Sanders	—	2–7	0–0	1	1	4	4
Hank Finkel	—	1–3	0–0	1	1	2	2
Rex Morgan	—	1–2	0–0	3	0	1	2
Team totals	—	50–108	27–39	63	22	27	127

This season

Boston Celtics 6, Philadelphia 76ers 0 in NBA 1971-72.

28 Dec 1971Boston Celtics 120–116 Philadelphia 76ers
31 Dec 1971Philadelphia 76ers 119–131 Boston Celtics
30 Jan 1972Philadelphia 76ers 114–130 Boston Celtics
15 Mar 1972Boston Celtics 120–115 Philadelphia 76ers
17 Mar 1972111–127 this game
22 Mar 1972Philadelphia 76ers 106–113 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 29–47
Boston Celtics: 52–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 332, Philadelphia 76ers 247.

15 Mar 1972Boston Celtics 120–115 Philadelphia 76ers
22 Mar 1972Philadelphia 76ers 106–113 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.