Pistons 109-107 Rockets (Jan 1, 1972)

DET

HOU

1

23

30

2

30

27

3

28

27

4

28

23

109

107

Top Performers

Points

26

Walker

DET

Rebounds

11

Lanier

DET

Team Stats

HOU

40-80 (50.0%)

FG%

43-98 (43.9%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

29-33 (87.9%)

FTM

21-26 (80.8%)

49

Rebounds

47

Assists

28

Turnovers

20

1971-72 Western Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers - z	69	13	.841
2	Bucks - y	63	19	.768	6.0
3	Bulls - x	57	25	.695	12.0
4	Warriors - x	51	31	.622	18.0
5	Suns - e	49	33	.598	20.0
6	SuperSonics - e	47	35	.573	22.0
7	Rockets - e	34	48	.415	35.0
8	Pistons - e	26	56	.317	43.0
9	Trail Blazers - e	18	64	.220	51.0

Game Summary

The Houston Rockets couldn't pull it off against the Detroit Pistons, 109 to 107, on January 2, 1972.

Game Info

January 1, 1972

Players	PTS	REB (O)	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Dave Bing D. Bing #21	20	6 (0)	6	7-18	6-6	48.4
Jim Davis J. Davis #24	0	1 (0)	3	0-1	0-0	0.0
Terry Dischinger T. Dischinger #18	9	5 (0)	3	3-5	3-4	66.6
Bill Hewitt B. Hewitt #31	2	5 (0)	0	1-3	0-0	33.3
Howard Komives H. Komives #16	2	0 (0)	1	0-1	2-2	53.2
Bob Lanier B. Lanier #16	22	11 (0)	3	9-18	4-4	55.7
Willie Norwood W. Norwood #8	16	7 (0)	4	6-10	4-7	61.2
Curtis Rowe C. Rowe #18	12	7 (0)	2	5-9	2-2	60.7
Jimmy Walker J. Walker #24	26	7 (0)	2	9-15	8-8	70.2

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	DET		0 (0)					0-0	0-0	0-0

Starters	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	+/-	TOV	PF	FG	3P	FT	TS%
Elvin Hayes E. Hayes #11		26	7 (0)						0	12-24		2-3	51.3

Bench	PTS	REB (O)	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Johnny Egan J. Egan #11	1	2 (0)	1	0-2	1-1	20.5
Stu Lantz S. Lantz #22	20	6 (0)	3	9-22	2-2	43.7
Cliff Meely C. Meely #25	17	10 (0)	3	7-17	3-3	46.4
Calvin Murphy C. Murphy #23	5	1 (0)	3	1-6	3-4	32.2
Mike Newlin M. Newlin #14	13	5 (0)	5	5-8	3-4	66.6
Greg Smith G. Smith #4	17	6 (0)	2	6-10	5-7	65.0
Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich #45	8	10 (0)	0	3-8	2-2	45.0
John Vallely J. Vallely #40	0	0 (0)	2	0-1	0-0	0.0