NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final/OT

Milwaukee Bucks120–116Houston Rockets

Milwaukee Bucks at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 18 March 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 21st meetingof 141 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	17–27	8–12	14	8	5	42
Lucius Allen	9–27	7–8	6	3	3	25
Bob Dandridge	10–20	2–2	14	4	3	22
Jon McGlocklin	5–9	1–1	5	8	2	11
Charlie Lowery	4–7	1–1	2	4	1	9
John Block	2–9	2–3	5	0	3	6
Curtis Perry	2–8	1–2	7	1	4	5
Toby Kimball	0–1	0–0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	49–108	22–29	53	28	25	120

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	14–30	11–15	15	3	5	39
Calvin Murphy	11–23	8–9	7	4	3	30
Rudy Tomjanovich	7–21	2–2	20	3	3	16
Dick Cunningham	4–7	2–3	13	5	5	10
Stu Lantz	3–14	4–7	3	8	3	10
Greg Smith	2–2	1–3	0	1	1	5
Dick Gibbs	1–6	0–2	3	0	1	2
John Vallely	1–5	0–0	0	0	2	2
Mike Newlin	1–3	0–0	2	2	2	2
Cliff Meely	0–3	0–1	4	1	0	0
Team totals	44–114	28–42	67	27	25	116

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Milwaukee Bucks 5 in NBA 1971-72.

12 Nov 1971Houston Rockets 102–111 Milwaukee Bucks
14 Dec 1971Houston Rockets 98–106 Milwaukee Bucks
5 Feb 1972Milwaukee Bucks 119–112 Houston Rockets
18 Mar 1972120–116 this game
21 Mar 1972Houston Rockets 94–111 Milwaukee Bucks

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 59–19
Houston Rockets: 31–45

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 65, Milwaukee Bucks 76.

5 Feb 1972Milwaukee Bucks 119–112 Houston Rockets
21 Mar 1972Houston Rockets 94–111 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.