NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers96–103Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 21 October 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Johnson	39:00	5–14	0–0	9	6	3	10
Jim Cleamons	38:00	3–9	1–2	6	1	3	7
Austin Carr	35:00	7–19	4–4	6	3	5	18
Dwight Davis	28:00	6–13	6–8	8	2	5	18
Charlie Davis	23:00	2–5	2–3	0	2	3	6
Bingo Smith	15:00	3–10	0–0	1	4	2	6
Dave Sorenson	7:00	1–4	0–0	1	0	0	2
Barry Clemens	6:00	2–3	2–3	1	0	0	6
Rick Roberson	—	7–9	7–8	15	3	6	21
Steve Patterson	—	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	191:00	37–87	22–28	47	21	27	96

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Bing	38:00	12–20	4–8	3	4	4	28
Bob Lanier	36:00	5–13	3–3	12	2	4	13
Curtis Rowe	31:00	4–8	8–12	7	0	4	16
Fred Foster	30:00	4–11	3–4	2	2	3	11
Chris Ford	10:00	0–4	0–0	0	0	1	0
Jim Davis	8:00	4–6	0–0	5	2	2	8
Bob Nash	6:00	0–1	0–0	2	0	2	0
Erwin Mueller	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Marlatt	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Stu Lantz	—	5–13	4–5	4	3	2	14
Willie Norwood	—	5–9	3–5	13	3	5	13
Team totals	166:00	39–86	25–37	48	16	27	103

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1972-73.

21 Oct 197296–103 this game
1 Dec 1972Detroit Pistons 114–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 106–104 Detroit Pistons
28 Mar 1973Detroit Pistons 131–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 0–4
Detroit Pistons: 1–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 144, Cleveland Cavaliers 129.

13 Feb 1972Detroit Pistons 136–121 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Dec 1972Detroit Pistons 114–113 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.