NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets121–113Buffalo Braves

Houston Rockets at Buffalo Braves

Date: Saturday 14 October 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 236 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jimmy Walker	37:00	8–14	5–5	5	6	0	21
Jack Marin	30:00	3–12	2–2	2	2	1	8
Cliff Meely	27:00	5–10	0–0	4	3	6	10
Calvin Murphy	19:00	3–5	8–8	1	3	3	14
Mike Newlin	—	6–16	13–14	7	4	5	25
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	8–16	2–2	16	3	2	18
Otto Moore	—	6–8	2–5	9	1	1	14
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	2–7	7–8	10	0	4	11
Team totals	113:00	41–88	39–44	54	22	22	121

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Kauffman	40:00	7–18	2–2	15	10	4	16
Bob McAdoo	39:00	9–18	6–7	11	3	0	24
Fred Hilton	32:00	15–31	6–6	2	3	5	36
Elmore Smith	32:00	9–18	3–4	8	3	6	21
Howard Komives	29:00	2–10	0–0	2	4	6	4
John Hummer	23:00	0–2	2–2	4	2	0	2
Dick Garrett	18:00	2–5	0–0	3	4	6	4
Walt Hazzard	12:00	1–7	0–0	1	1	1	2
Bill Hewitt	9:00	2–2	0–0	4	0	1	4
Harold Fox	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Randy Smith	—	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0
Team totals	235:00	47–112	19–21	51	31	31	113

This season

Los Angeles Clippers 1, Houston Rockets 5 in NBA 1972-73.

14 Oct 1972121–113 this game
12 Dec 1972Houston Rockets 94–95 Buffalo Braves
4 Feb 1973Houston Rockets 130–118 Buffalo Braves
27 Feb 1973Houston Rockets 112–105 Buffalo Braves
27 Mar 1973Houston Rockets 121–111 Buffalo Braves
28 Mar 1973Houston Rockets 138–122 Buffalo Braves

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 1–0
Buffalo Braves: 1–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 99, Houston Rockets 137.

11 Mar 1972Buffalo Braves 100–121 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1972Houston Rockets 94–95 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.