NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets95–103New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 17 October 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 30th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jimmy Walker	43:00	8–23	5–6	5	5	1	21
Jack Marin	35:00	8–17	5–5	7	3	4	21
Calvin Murphy	19:00	5–9	0–0	0	2	4	10
Greg Smith	14:00	3–6	0–0	4	1	1	6
Cliff Meely	9:00	0–3	0–0	2	0	1	0
Mike Newlin	—	5–15	0–1	3	4	3	10
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	5–11	0–0	8	2	3	10
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	3–7	3–5	8	0	3	9
Otto Moore	—	4–5	0–0	8	2	2	8
Team totals	120:00	41–96	13–17	45	19	22	95

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jerry Lucas	48:00	10–18	2–2	11	11	1	22
Dave DeBusschere	47:00	6–19	3–6	16	5	4	15
Bill Bradley	33:00	7–10	1–1	0	2	4	15
Earl Monroe	28:00	7–14	0–0	6	6	2	14
Dean Meminger	12:00	2–2	0–0	1	1	2	4
Henry Bibby	7:00	1–2	0–0	2	1	4	2
Dick Barnett	6:00	2–4	2–2	0	0	0	6
Walt Frazier	—	8–17	3–3	6	9	3	19
Phil Jackson	—	3–4	0–1	4	3	4	6
Team totals	181:00	46–90	11–15	46	38	24	103

This season

New York Knicks 5, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1972-73.

17 Oct 197295–103 this game
16 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 100–119 New York Knicks
20 Dec 1972New York Knicks 124–102 Houston Rockets
6 Jan 1973Houston Rockets 106–116 New York Knicks
12 Jan 1973New York Knicks 104–103 Houston Rockets
21 Jan 1973New York Knicks 103–107 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 2–0
New York Knicks: 2–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

16 Mar 1972New York Knicks 103–102 Houston Rockets
16 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 100–119 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.