NBA 1971-72Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves99–123New York Knicks

Buffalo Braves at New York Knicks

Date: Wednesday 22 March 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1971-72Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 143 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	—	9–18	1–4	4	2	0	19
Fred Hilton	—	7–13	2–2	4	1	2	16
John Hummer	—	7–16	2–3	4	2	5	16
Bob Kauffman	—	5–12	3–4	9	2	1	13
Walt Hazzard	—	4–8	4–6	1	7	3	12
Dick Garrett	—	4–9	0–0	4	0	3	8
Cornell Warner	—	3–7	0–0	7	1	3	6
Mike Davis	—	2–3	0–0	0	0	2	4
Em Bryant	—	1–2	1–1	1	4	2	3
Bill Hosket	—	1–4	0–0	4	1	0	2
Team totals	—	43–92	13–20	38	20	21	99

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Earl Monroe	34:00	8–13	1–2	6	5	2	17
Bill Bradley	—	13–21	7–7	9	6	2	33
Dave DeBusschere	—	11–18	2–2	11	3	1	24
Walt Frazier	—	8–14	5–6	3	4	3	21
Dick Barnett	—	2–5	2–2	2	1	1	6
Luther Rackley	—	3–5	0–0	3	0	1	6
Dean Meminger	—	2–2	1–5	1	1	1	5
Jerry Lucas	—	2–5	1–1	7	3	1	5
Phil Jackson	—	1–6	2–2	8	0	2	4
Eddie Mast	—	1–2	0–0	1	0	0	2
Charlie Paulk	—	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Miles	—	0–0	0–0	0	2	1	0
Team totals	34:00	51–91	21–27	52	25	16	123

This season

New York Knicks 5, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1971-72.

4 Dec 1971Buffalo Braves 90–130 New York Knicks
17 Dec 1971New York Knicks 115–95 Buffalo Braves
4 Feb 1972New York Knicks 103–84 Buffalo Braves
19 Feb 1972Buffalo Braves 95–100 New York Knicks
3 Mar 1972New York Knicks 97–105 Buffalo Braves
22 Mar 197299–123 this game

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 22–56
New York Knicks: 46–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 75, Los Angeles Clippers 68.

3 Mar 1972New York Knicks 97–105 Buffalo Braves
2 Dec 1972Buffalo Braves 94–119 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.