NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons118–130Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 27 October 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Harvey Marlatt	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lanier	—	14–24	8–8	14	2	4	36
Curtis Rowe	—	8–16	5–8	14	0	2	21
Dave Bing	—	8–18	5–7	2	3	4	21
Stu Lantz	—	6–12	4–5	0	6	3	16
Fred Foster	—	6–14	0–0	9	0	3	12
Jim Davis	—	0–0	4–5	2	5	1	4
Willie Norwood	—	2–2	0–0	2	0	1	4
Bob Nash	—	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	2
Erwin Mueller	—	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	2:00	46–89	26–33	43	16	18	118

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dick Gibbs	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0
Jimmy Walker	—	14–23	2–2	1	8	4	30
Calvin Murphy	—	8–16	4–6	2	5	2	20
Jack Marin	—	8–17	4–5	4	4	2	20
Cliff Meely	—	8–12	1–1	16	1	4	17
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	6–9	0–0	4	0	3	12
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	4–10	4–6	5	1	4	12
Otto Moore	—	5–7	1–5	8	2	2	11
Mike Newlin	—	4–7	0–0	0	1	4	8
Team totals	2:00	57–102	16–25	40	23	26	130

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1972-73.

27 Oct 1972118–130 this game
4 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 118–108 Detroit Pistons
16 Dec 1972Houston Rockets 123–112 Detroit Pistons
25 Feb 1973Houston Rockets 112–129 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 2–4
Houston Rockets: 3–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 76, Detroit Pistons 77.

26 Feb 1972Detroit Pistons 106–122 Houston Rockets
4 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 118–108 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.