Final

Houston Rockets127–119Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	16–24	3–5	15	2	3	35
Calvin Murphy	13–20	7–8	2	8	6	33
Elvin Hayes	11–23	4–7	13	5	2	26
Stu Lantz	3–11	7–10	3	12	0	13
Cliff Meely	4–7	4–7	6	2	6	12
Greg Smith	3–10	1–2	6	5	4	7
Dick Cunningham	0–0	1–2	0	0	2	1
Mike Newlin	0–1	0–0	3	1	2	0
Team totals	50–96	27–41	48	35	25	127

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Johnson	12–25	7–9	12	8	3	31
Austin Carr	10–19	7–10	4	7	4	27
Butch Beard	6–16	4–4	8	8	3	16
Rick Roberson	6–18	3–4	17	2	5	15
Walt Wesley	4–10	6–7	6	0	5	14
Bingo Smith	4–10	4–5	5	3	5	12
Bobby Washington	1–1	0–0	0	0	2	2
Dave Sorenson	0–0	2–2	1	0	0	2
Team totals	43–99	33–41	53	28	27	119

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1971-72.

Regular season, before this game.

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.