Milwaukee Bucks beat New York Knicks 131–88 for the NBA belt (Mar 24, 1972)

New York Knicks had held it since March 22, 1972, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Milwaukee Bucks held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Golden State Warriors on March 28, 1972.

975Reign number

15Team's reign

1Defenses

4Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Lucius Allen	36	28	4	5	—	—	12-17	—	4-4
Oscar Robertson	24	21	5	9	—	—	8-12	—	5-6
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	30	20	12	6	—	—	9-16	—	2-5
Bob Dandridge	38	16	4	3	—	—	8-15	—	0-1
Toby Kimball	20	14	8	1	—	—	7-9	—	0-2
Curtis Perry	28	11	20	1	—	—	5-9	—	1-1
Jon McGlocklin	32	10	1	7	—	—	5-8	—	0-0
Barry Nelson	5	8	2	0	—	—	3-3	—	2-2
John Block	22	2	8	2	—	—	1-10	—	0-1
Chuck Lowery	5	1	0	1	—	—	0-1	—	1-2

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Earl Monroe	25	12	2	3	—	—	3-7	—	6-6
Phil Jackson	25	12	3	0	—	—	6-11	—	0-0
Bill Bradley	31	11	0	0	—	—	4-11	—	3-3
Dean Meminger	25	11	5	0	—	—	4-10	—	3-6
Jerry Lucas	32	9	4	7	—	—	4-15	—	1-1
Luke Rackley	16	8	6	2	—	—	4-11	—	0-0
Dick Barnett	14	8	0	0	—	—	4-9	—	0-0
Walt Frazier	27	7	0	3	—	—	2-9	—	3-4
Dave DeBusschere	29	4	9	2	—	—	2-9	—	0-0
Eddie Mast	6	4	2	0	—	—	2-5	—	0-0
Charlie Paulk	5	2	3	0	—	—	1-3	—	0-0
Eddie Miles	5	0	0	0	—	—	0-2	—	0-0

Milwaukee Bucks take the belt