Celtics 121-116 Braves (Mar 24, 1972)

BOS

BUF

1

26

25

2

37

31

3

29

33

4

29

27

121

116

Top Performers

Points

31

Havlicek

BOS

Rebounds

19

Finkel

BOS

Assists

7

Smith

BUF

BOS

Team Stats

BUF

46-113 (40.7%)

FG%

45-93 (48.4%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

29-35 (82.9%)

FTM

26-36 (72.2%)

65

Rebounds

48

21

Assists

23

Turnovers

1971-72 Eastern Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics - z	56	26	.683
2	Bullets - y	38	44	.463	18.0
3	Knicks - x	48	34	.585	8.0
4	Hawks - x	36	46	.439	20.0
5	Royals - e	30	52	.366	26.0
6	76ers - e	30	52	.366	26.0
7	Cavaliers - e	23	59	.280	33.0
8	Braves - e	22	60	.268	34.0

Game Summary

The Buffalo Braves couldn't pull it off against the Boston Celtics, 121 to 116, on March 25, 1972.

Game Info

March 24, 1972

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
John Havlicek J. Havlicek #17	46	31	6 (0)	4	3	12-31	7-8	44.9
Jo Jo White J. Jo White #10	37	17	5 (0)	5	4	7-18	3-3	44.0
Don Chaney D. Chaney #12	35	11	8 (0)	2	4	5-17	1-3	30.0
Hank Finkel H. Finkel #29	34	17	19 (0)	2	5	7-12	3-3	63.8
Don Nelson D. Nelson #19	26	14	8 (0)	2	2	4-10	6-7	53.5
Art Williams A. Williams #14	19	13	7 (0)	5	4	3-5	7-7	80.4
Tom Sanders T. Sanders #16	17	7	6 (0)	1	5	3-7	1-1	47.0
Steve Kuberski S. Kuberski #11	14	7	3 (0)	0	1	3-6	1-1	54.3
Garfield Smith G. Smith #33	14	4	3 (0)	0	3	2-7	0-2	25.4

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

Starters	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	+/-	TOV	PF	FG	3P	FT	TS%
Elmore Smith E. Smith #3	48	27	15 (0)	2					4	12-21		3-7	56.1
Randy Smith R. Smith #9	48	24	13 (0)	7					4	10-23		4-6	46.8

Bench	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Bob Kauffman B. Kauffman #44	42	20	11 (0)	5	4	5-15	10-11	50.4
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman M. Abdul-Rahman #42	41	23	5 (0)	4	3	10-16	3-5	63.2
Em Bryant E. Bryant #7	29	9	0 (0)	4	2	3-8	3-4	46.1
John Hummer J. Hummer #45	17	3	1 (0)	1	5	1-2	1-1	61.5
Fred Hilton F. Hilton #32	9	6	1 (0)	0	3	2-5	2-2	51.0
Cornell Warner C. Warner #35	6	4	2 (0)	0	1	2-3	0-0	66.7