NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers97–123Boston Celtics

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 27 October 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 284 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	36:00	5–18	4–4	4	2	1	14
John Johnson	24:00	2–8	2–4	5	4	2	6
Dwight Davis	24:00	2–6	0–0	5	1	6	4
Jim Cleamons	18:00	5–12	4–4	2	2	4	14
Dave Sorenson	16:00	0–4	1–2	5	0	3	1
Bingo Smith	13:00	1–6	0–0	2	0	4	2
Barry Clemens	12:00	4–10	0–0	2	1	1	8
Lenny Wilkens	—	8–19	7–9	3	7	5	23
Rick Roberson	—	5–9	4–7	12	1	2	14
John Warren	—	2–3	1–1	0	0	1	5
Steve Patterson	—	2–2	0–0	3	0	0	4
Walt Wesley	—	0–2	2–2	0	0	0	2
Team totals	143:00	36–99	25–33	43	18	29	97

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	39:00	6–11	1–1	15	3	4	13
John Havlicek	33:00	4–13	10–13	8	6	3	18
Jo Jo White	31:00	9–19	2–2	4	3	4	20
Art Williams	24:00	4–12	1–2	6	5	3	9
Don Chaney	24:00	2–6	3–4	2	2	2	7
Don Nelson	23:00	4–11	3–3	6	4	2	11
Hank Finkel	9:00	2–6	0–2	9	1	1	4
Paul Westphal	—	5–10	7–7	2	2	1	17
Paul Silas	—	4–6	4–7	11	3	2	12
Steve Kuberski	—	3–8	2–2	4	0	2	8
Mark Minor	—	1–1	0–0	1	1	2	2
Tom Sanders	—	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	2
Team totals	183:00	45–105	33–43	69	30	27	123

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1972-73.

27 Oct 197297–123 this game
8 Dec 1972Boston Celtics 96–87 Cleveland Cavaliers
9 Dec 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 88–123 Boston Celtics
31 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 89–94 Boston Celtics
6 Feb 1973Boston Celtics 105–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
25 Feb 1973Boston Celtics 105–92 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 1–7
Boston Celtics: 8–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.

1 Mar 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 105–115 Boston Celtics
8 Dec 1972Boston Celtics 96–87 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.