NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons107–116Los Angeles Lakers

Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 3 November 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 258th meetingof 396 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	47:00	13–30	11–14	23	2	5	37
Curtis Rowe	42:00	5–14	2–3	6	2	3	12
Dave Bing	38:00	8–22	2–5	5	6	5	18
Fred Foster	34:00	8–17	4–4	2	1	5	20
Chris Ford	13:00	1–5	0–0	0	0	2	2
Erwin Mueller	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Marlatt	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Stu Lantz	—	6–10	0–0	5	4	5	12
Willie Norwood	—	2–6	2–2	10	0	3	6
Team totals	176:00	43–104	21–28	51	15	28	107

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Gail Goodrich	38:00	8–27	7–9	2	8	3	23
Jerry West	37:00	12–18	4–8	5	12	0	28
Jim McMillian	36:00	6–16	2–2	4	1	4	14
Happy Hairston	32:00	2–11	5–6	13	5	6	9
Bill Bridges	26:00	4–6	1–1	16	0	5	9
Jim Price	3:00	2–3	3–3	0	0	1	7
Wilt Chamberlain	—	10–12	2–8	19	1	3	22
Keith Erickson	—	2–4	0–0	3	5	2	4
Mel Counts	—	0–1	0–0	3	0	1	0
Pat Riley	—	0–1	0–0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	172:00	46–99	24–37	65	33	25	116

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 5, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1972-73.

3 Nov 1972107–116 this game
15 Nov 1972Los Angeles Lakers 110–99 Detroit Pistons
24 Nov 1972Detroit Pistons 123–140 Los Angeles Lakers
21 Feb 1973Los Angeles Lakers 98–106 Detroit Pistons
11 Mar 1973Detroit Pistons 117–141 Los Angeles Lakers
14 Mar 1973Los Angeles Lakers 121–112 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 4–6
Los Angeles Lakers: 7–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 238, Detroit Pistons 158.

14 Mar 1972Los Angeles Lakers 129–116 Detroit Pistons
15 Nov 1972Los Angeles Lakers 110–99 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.