NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers90–123New York Knicks

Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 24 October 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 12th meetingof 248 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	38:00	7–17	1–1	4	2	3	15
Dwight Davis	32:00	3–12	0–0	10	1	4	6
John Johnson	24:00	2–7	0–0	1	0	3	4
Bingo Smith	22:00	5–9	1–2	4	3	2	11
Jim Cleamons	15:00	4–10	4–5	1	0	4	12
Barry Clemens	4:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2
Dave Sorenson	4:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	1	2
Lenny Wilkens	—	5–14	4–4	7	4	2	14
Rick Roberson	—	3–9	6–10	12	2	5	12
Walt Wesley	—	3–6	2–3	2	0	2	8
John Warren	—	1–4	2–2	1	1	1	4
Steve Patterson	—	0–3	0–0	4	1	1	0
Team totals	139:00	35–96	20–27	46	14	28	90

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave DeBusschere	38:00	7–15	3–4	11	3	4	17
Bill Bradley	33:00	9–17	2–2	1	3	2	20
Jerry Lucas	25:00	4–10	2–4	11	8	1	10
Earl Monroe	22:00	3–8	4–5	2	5	3	10
Henry Bibby	18:00	5–12	7–8	8	2	3	17
Dick Barnett	13:00	1–5	0–0	0	3	1	2
Dean Meminger	8:00	0–2	0–0	1	1	0	0
John Gianelli	5:00	1–3	0–0	3	1	0	2
Walt Frazier	—	9–17	4–5	7	3	3	22
Tom Riker	—	4–5	3–5	3	0	2	11
Phil Jackson	—	4–7	0–0	3	1	1	8
Willis Reed	—	1–6	2–2	9	4	3	4
Team totals	162:00	48–107	27–35	59	34	23	123

This season

New York Knicks 6, Cleveland Cavaliers 0 in NBA 1972-73.

20 Oct 1972New York Knicks 92–89 Cleveland Cavaliers
24 Oct 197290–123 this game
28 Nov 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 84–107 New York Knicks
22 Dec 1972New York Knicks 98–87 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 90–95 New York Knicks
4 Feb 1973New York Knicks 114–97 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 0–6
New York Knicks: 5–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 136, Cleveland Cavaliers 112.

20 Oct 1972New York Knicks 92–89 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Nov 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 84–107 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.