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class="infobox-label">Runner-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Semifinalists</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_playoffs" title="1971 NBA playoffs">1971</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_playoffs" title="1973 NBA playoffs">1973</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1972 NBA playoffs</b> was the postseason tournament of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72 season</a>. The tournament concluded with the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> defeating the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 4 games to 1 in the <a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> was named <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a>. </p><p>The Lakers finished the regular season with the best record in NBA history at 69–13, a mark that was unequalled until the 1996 Bulls finished 72–10. Led by Chamberlain and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a>, the Lakers won their first title in Los Angeles; their last title was in <a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_playoffs" title="1954 NBA playoffs">1954</a> as the Minneapolis Lakers. </p><p>The Lakers won their first NBA Finals in their last nine appearances without superstar <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a>, who had played in each of the preceding eight losses. He retired nine games into the season because of ongoing knee problems. </p><p>The Conference Semifinals series between the Bullets and Knicks would be the last NBA playoff series in which the team with the inferior regular season record held home-court advantage based on division champions holding home-court advantage over a division runner-up through the Conference Finals. Although from <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_playoffs" title="1977 NBA playoffs">1977</a>–<a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_playoffs" title="2015 NBA playoffs">2015</a>, division champions were either automatically seeded higher than non-division champions or guaranteed a minimum seed regardless of record. However, home-court advantage would be based on regular season record, with division champion status being used as a possible tiebreaker to determine seeding. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bracket">Bracket</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">NBA Finals </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>A1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1971–72 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1971–72 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">A1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1971–72 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>A2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1971–72 New York Knicks season">New York</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Baltimore_Bullets_season" title="1971–72 Baltimore Bullets season">Baltimore</a></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>A2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1971–72 New York Knicks season">New York</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">A2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1971–72 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>P1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>M1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">P2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1971–72 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>P1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>P1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1971–72 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>* Division winner</li><li><b>Bold</b> Series winner</li><li><i>Italic</i> Team with home-court advantage</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_semifinals">Conference semifinals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conference semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_semifinals">Eastern Conference semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(A1)_Boston_Celtics_vs._(C2)_Atlanta_Hawks"><span id=".28A1.29_Boston_Celtics_vs._.28C2.29_Atlanta_Hawks"></span>(A1) <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> vs. (C2) <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: (A1) Boston Celtics vs. (C2) Atlanta Hawks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 29</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197203290BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> 108, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>126</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–28, 23–<b>34</b>, 30–<b>33</b>, 25–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Lou Hudson</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Don_Adams_(basketball)" title="Don Adams (basketball)">Don Adams</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Herm_Gilliam" title="Herm Gilliam">Herm Gilliam</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 32<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 12,815</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 31</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197203310ATL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 104, <b><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></b> <b>113</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 30–<b>32</b>, 22–<b>27</b>, 28–<b>31</b>, <b>24</b>–23</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 43<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Lou Hudson</a> 41<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Walt Bellamy</a> 18<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Herm_Gilliam" title="Herm Gilliam">Herm Gilliam</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Memorial_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Memorial Coliseum">Alexander Memorial Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 6,955</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 2</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204020BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> 113, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>136</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 27–<b>33</b>, 26–<b>41</b>, <b>28</b>–22, 32–<b>40</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> 37<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Washington" title="Jim Washington">Jim Washington</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Finkel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hank Finkel">Finkel</a> 11 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">Jo Jo White</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 12,094</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 4</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204040ATL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 110, <b><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></b> <b>112</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–26, 24–<b>26</b>, 26–<b>32</b>, <b>30</b>–28</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">Jo Jo White</a> 32<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kuberski" title="Steve Kuberski">Steve Kuberski</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> 36<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Walt Bellamy</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Don_Adams_(basketball)" title="Don Adams (basketball)">Don Adams</a> 4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Memorial_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Memorial Coliseum">Alexander Memorial Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 7,192</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 7</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204070BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> 114, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>124</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>33</b>, <b>30</b>–25, 31–31, 30–<b>35</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <i>three players</i> 21 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Walt Bellamy</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 15,315</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 9</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204090ATL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>127</b>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> 118 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>41</b>–31, <b>35</b>–33, 24–24, 27–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a> 26 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 20<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">Jo Jo White</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> 37<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Walt Bellamy</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Boston wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Memorial_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Memorial Coliseum">Alexander Memorial Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 7,192</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning three of the four meetings while the Hawks were based in St. Louis. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Boston leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1957</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Hawks">St. Louis Hawks</a> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957 NBA Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1958</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 2, <b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Hawks">St. Louis Hawks</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_Finals" title="1958 NBA Finals">1958 NBA Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1960</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Hawks">St. Louis Hawks</a> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960 NBA Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1961</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Hawks">St. Louis Hawks</a> 1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961 NBA Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(C1)_Baltimore_Bullets_vs._(A2)_New_York_Knicks"><span id=".28C1.29_Baltimore_Bullets_vs._.28A2.29_New_York_Knicks"></span>(C1) <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> vs. (A2) <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: (C1) Baltimore Bullets vs. (A2) New York Knicks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 31</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197203310BAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 105, <b><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a></b> <b>108</b> (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>26</b>–24, 24–<b>27</b>, 20–<b>23</b>, <b>29</b>–25, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> 6–<b>9</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 38<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 18<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Baltimore leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Civic Center">Baltimore Civic Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 12,289</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 2</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204020NYK.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> 88, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>110</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 17–<b>26</b>, 21–<b>30</b>, <b>28</b>–23, 22–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Tresvant" title="John Tresvant">Tresvant</a> 10 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 30<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,588</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 4</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204040BAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 103, <b><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a></b> <b>104</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 27–<b>29</b>, <b>25</b>–18, 26–<b>31</b>, 25–<b>26</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 35<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Tresvant" title="John Tresvant">Tresvant</a> 12 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Clark</a> 9 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Baltimore leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Civic Center">Baltimore Civic Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 12,289</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 6</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204060NYK.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> 98, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>104</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–<b>25</b>, <b>27</b>–25, 26–<b>32</b>, <b>25</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,588</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 9</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204090BAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>106</b>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> 82 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>28</b>–23, <b>22</b>–20, <b>27</b>–12, <b>29</b>–27</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a> 20 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Riordan_(basketball)" title="Mike Riordan (basketball)">Mike Riordan</a> 16<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Civic Center">Baltimore Civic Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 10,244</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 11</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204110NYK.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> 101, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>107</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 19–<b>27</b>, <b>25</b>–21, <b>30</b>–27, 27–<b>32</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Tresvant" title="John Tresvant">John Tresvant</a> 8<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Archie_Clark_(basketball)" title="Archie Clark (basketball)">Archie Clark</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a> 22 each<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a> 5 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,588</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning two of the previous three meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>New York leads 2–1 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1969</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> 0, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>4</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_playoffs" title="1969 NBA playoffs">1969 Eastern Division Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1970</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> 3, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>4</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_playoffs" title="1970 NBA playoffs">1970 Eastern Division Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1971</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a></b> <b>4</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_playoffs" title="1971 NBA playoffs">1971 Eastern Conference Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_semifinals">Western Conference semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Western Conference semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(P1)_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs._(M2)_Chicago_Bulls"><span id=".28P1.29_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs._.28M2.29_Chicago_Bulls"></span>(P1) <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. (M2) <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: (P1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (M2) Chicago Bulls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 28</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197203280LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> 80, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>95</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 17–17, 23–<b>26</b>, 21–<b>24</b>, 19–<b>28</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Jerry Sloan</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ray" title="Clifford Ray">Clifford Ray</a> 17<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Lier" title="Norm Van Lier">Norm Van Lier</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a> 32<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Happy_Hairston" title="Happy Hairston">Hairston</a> 17 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 30</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197203300LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> 124, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>131</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>35</b>–30, 26–<b>38</b>, <b>31</b>–26, 32–<b>37</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Love" title="Bob Love">Bob Love</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ray" title="Clifford Ray">Clifford Ray</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Lier" title="Norm Van Lier">Norm Van Lier</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 37<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 21<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 2</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204020CHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>108</b>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> 101 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–24, <b>26</b>–25, 25–<b>26</b>, <b>27</b>–26</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Lier" title="Norm Van Lier">Norm Van Lier</a> 22<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ray" title="Clifford Ray">Clifford Ray</a> 20<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Lier" title="Norm Van Lier">Norm Van Lier</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series, 3–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,805</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 4</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204040CHI.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>108</b>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> 97 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 18–<b>28</b>, <b>28</b>–22, <b>31</b>–25, <b>31</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a> 27<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ray" title="Clifford Ray">Clifford Ray</a> 20<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ray" title="Clifford Ray">Clifford Ray</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Lier" title="Norm Van Lier">Norm Van Lier</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles wins series, 4–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,847</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning both prior meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Los Angeles leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1968</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_playoffs" title="1968 NBA playoffs">1968 Western Division Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1971</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> 3, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> 4 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_playoffs" title="1971 NBA playoffs">1971 Western Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(M1)_Milwaukee_Bucks_vs._(P2)_Golden_State_Warriors"><span id=".28M1.29_Milwaukee_Bucks_vs._.28P2.29_Golden_State_Warriors"></span>(M1) <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> vs. (P2) <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: (M1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (P2) Golden State Warriors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 28</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197203280MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>117</b>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 106 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>36</b>, <b>33</b>–25, <b>31</b>–20, <b>27</b>–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(basketball)" title="Jim Barnett (basketball)">Jim Barnett</a> 30<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Nate Thurmond</a> 20<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Mullins</a> 9 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Allen" title="Lucius Allen">Lucius Allen</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Golden State leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Arena">Milwaukee Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 9,877</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 30</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197203300MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 93, <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>118</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 25–<b>33</b>, 22–22, 20–<b>35</b>, 26–<b>28</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Nate Thurmond</a> 32<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lee" title="Clyde Lee">Lee</a> 18 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Mullins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(basketball)" title="Jim Barnett (basketball)">Barnett</a> 5 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 22<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Arena">Milwaukee Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 10,746</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 1</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204010GSW.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>122</b>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 94 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>27</b>–18, <b>31</b>–26, <b>28</b>–25, <b>36</b>–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a> 23 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Nate Thurmond</a> 21</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Milwaukee leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 13,502</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 4</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204040GSW.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>106</b>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 99 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>33</b>–32, <b>25</b>–19, 23–<b>24</b>, <b>25</b>–24</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 20<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(basketball)" title="Jim Barnett (basketball)">Jim Barnett</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lee" title="Clyde Lee">Clyde Lee</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Jeff Mullins</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Milwaukee leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 12,986</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 6</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204060MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 100, <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>108</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 29–<b>34</b>, <b>26</b>–19, 27–<b>31</b>, 18–<b>24</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Nate Thurmond</a> 26</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> 29</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Milwaukee wins series, 4–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Arena">Milwaukee Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 10,746</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bucks winning the first meeting. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Milwaukee leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1971</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Warriors">San Francisco Warriors</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>4</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_playoffs" title="1971 NBA playoffs">1971 Western Conference Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_finals">Conference finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Conference finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_finals">Eastern Conference finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(A1)_Boston_Celtics_vs._(A2)_New_York_Knicks"><span id=".28A1.29_Boston_Celtics_vs._.28A2.29_New_York_Knicks"></span>(A1) <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> vs. (A2) <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: (A1) Boston Celtics vs. (A2) New York Knicks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 13</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204130BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>116</b>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 94 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>26</b>–17, <b>27</b>–19, <b>32</b>–31, <b>31</b>–27</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 36<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">Jo Jo White</a> 19<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">Jo Jo White</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 14,292</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 16</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204160NYK.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 105, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>106</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 30–<b>31</b>, 22–<b>24</b>, 24–<b>29</b>, <b>29</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <i>three players</i> 4 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,588</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 19</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204190BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 109, <b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> <b>115</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>22</b>–21, 25–<b>34</b>, <b>36</b>–25, 26–<b>35</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">Jo Jo White</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 15,315</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 21</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204210NYK.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 98, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>116</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 28–<b>30</b>, 24–<b>27</b>, 21–<b>29</b>, 25–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 27<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a> 9 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,588</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 23</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204230BOS.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>111</b>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 103 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>27</b>, 27–<b>28</b>, <b>33</b>–24, <b>28</b>–24</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a> 11 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> 32<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">Jo Jo White</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York wins series, 4–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 15,315</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning four of the first seven meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Boston leads 4–3 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1951</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 0, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> 2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_playoffs" title="1951 NBA playoffs">1951 Eastern Division Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1952</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> 2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_playoffs" title="1952 NBA playoffs">1952 Eastern Division Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1953</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> 3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_playoffs" title="1953 NBA playoffs">1953 Eastern Division Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1954</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 2, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_playoffs" title="1954 NBA playoffs">1954 Eastern Division Round Robin Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1955</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 2, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_playoffs" title="1955 NBA playoffs">1955 Eastern Division Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1967</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_playoffs" title="1967 NBA playoffs">1967 Eastern Division Semifinals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1969</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></b> 4, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_playoffs" title="1969 NBA playoffs">1969 Eastern Division Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_finals">Western Conference finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Western Conference finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(P1)_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs._(M1)_Milwaukee_Bucks"><span id=".28P1.29_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs._.28M1.29_Milwaukee_Bucks"></span>(P1) <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> vs. (M1) <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: (P1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (M1) Milwaukee Bucks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 9</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204090LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>93</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 72 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 19-19, <b>18</b>–15, <b>31</b>–8, 25–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 33<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Perry" title="Curtis Perry">Curtis Perry</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Happy_Hairston" title="Happy Hairston">Happy Hairston</a> 16<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 24<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Milwaukee leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>'s famous dunk on <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 12</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204120LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 134, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>135</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>38</b>–37, 28–<b>35</b>, 30–<b>34</b>, <b>38</b>–29</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 40<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Perry" title="Curtis Perry">Curtis Perry</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a> 7 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McMillian" title="Jim McMillian">Jim McMillian</a> 42<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 13</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li>Jerry West chases down a loose ball deflected off referee Manny Sokol and throws a quick pass to <a href="/wiki/Happy_Hairston" title="Happy Hairston">Happy Hairston</a> who scores the game-winning basket with 6 seconds left.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 14</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204140MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>108</b>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 105 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>28</b>, <b>30</b>–22, 26–<b>31</b>, <b>26</b>–24</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a> 30<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 33<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 21<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Allen" title="Lucius Allen">Allen</a> 6 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Arena">Milwaukee Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 10,746</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 16</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204160MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 88, <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>114</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 21–<b>32</b>, 24-24, 20–<b>21</b>, 23–<b>37</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Happy_Hairston" title="Happy Hairston">Hairston</a> 11 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a> 4 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Perry" title="Curtis Perry">Curtis Perry</a> 19<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Arena">Milwaukee Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 10,746</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 18</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204180LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 90, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>115</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 24-24, 22–<b>31</b>, 23–<b>35</b>, 21–<b>25</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McMillian" title="Jim McMillian">Jim McMillian</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 26<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 22</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204220MIL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>104</b>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> 100 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 25-25, 26–<b>27</b>, 21–<b>25</b>, <b>32</b>–23</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 37<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 25<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles wins series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Arena">Milwaukee Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 10,746</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bucks winning the first meeting. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Milwaukee leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1971</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 1, <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></b> <b>4</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_playoffs" title="1971 NBA playoffs">1971 Western Conference Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_Finals:_(P1)_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs._(A2)_New_York_Knicks"><span id="NBA_Finals:_.28P1.29_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs._.28A2.29_New_York_Knicks"></span>NBA Finals: (P1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (A2) New York Knicks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_NBA_playoffs&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: NBA Finals: (P1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (A2) New York Knicks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972 NBA Finals</a></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 26</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204260LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></b> <b>114</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 92 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>33</b>–28, <b>34</b>–21, 19–19, <b>28</b>–24</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 18<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a> 20<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 19<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>New York leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> Richie Powers, Ed Rush</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">April 30</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197204300LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 92, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>106</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>30</b>, <b>24</b>–21, 11–<b>28</b>, <b>31</b>–27</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">Jackson</a> 11 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 24<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 13</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mendy Rudolph, Jack Madden</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 3</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197205030NYK.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>107</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 96 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>28</b>, <b>29</b>–19, <b>28</b>–18, 27–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Happy_Hairston" title="Happy Hairston">Hairston</a> 20 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,588<br /><b>Referees:</b> Don Murphy, Richie Powers</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 5</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197205050NYK.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>116</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 111 (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>28</b>, 27–<b>28</b>, 25–25, <b>23</b>–20, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>15</b>–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,588<br /><b>Referees:</b> Mendy Rudolph, Jake O'Donnell</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> tips in a <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> miss over <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> with 3 seconds left in regulation to force OT.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 7</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197205070LAL.html">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> 100, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> <b>114</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 24–<b>26</b>, <b>29</b>–27, 25–<b>30</b>, 22–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Walt Frazier</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> 29<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles wins series, 4–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> Richie Powers, Jack Madden</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <ul><li>The Lakers win their first title after moving to Los Angeles.</li></ul> <p>This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning two of the first three meetings. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Previous playoff series<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Los Angeles leads 2–1 in all-time playoff series </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1952</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a></b> 3, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> <b>4</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_Finals" title="1952 NBA Finals">1952 NBA Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1953</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a></b> 1, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> <b>4</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_Finals" title="1953 NBA Finals">1953 NBA Finals</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div 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