NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets100–119New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Thursday 16 November 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	44:00	9–18	4–4	6	4	5	22
Jimmy Walker	44:00	7–19	3–4	1	7	1	17
Cliff Meely	32:00	6–10	2–2	12	2	5	14
Calvin Murphy	17:00	3–9	2–2	4	2	5	8
Eric McWilliams	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Mike Newlin	—	5–16	5–7	2	3	5	15
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	4–13	3–7	7	0	2	11
Otto Moore	—	5–9	0–0	7	0	1	10
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	1–7	1–2	9	0	3	3
Team totals	138:00	40–101	20–28	48	18	27	100

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave DeBusschere	41:00	8–21	3–4	10	3	0	19
Bill Bradley	36:00	8–13	6–9	6	8	5	22
Earl Monroe	31:00	10–18	4–4	7	4	3	24
John Gianelli	23:00	3–4	2–3	8	1	5	8
Dean Meminger	19:00	3–6	4–4	7	1	2	10
Henry Bibby	1:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	2
Walt Frazier	—	7–21	5–6	6	7	3	19
Willis Reed	—	4–9	0–0	11	2	4	8
Phil Jackson	—	0–6	7–8	5	2	0	7
Team totals	151:00	44–99	31–38	60	28	22	119

This season

New York Knicks 5, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1972-73.

17 Oct 1972Houston Rockets 95–103 New York Knicks
16 Nov 1972100–119 this game
20 Dec 1972New York Knicks 124–102 Houston Rockets
6 Jan 1973Houston Rockets 106–116 New York Knicks
12 Jan 1973New York Knicks 104–103 Houston Rockets
21 Jan 1973New York Knicks 103–107 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 7–8
New York Knicks: 14–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

17 Oct 1972Houston Rockets 95–103 New York Knicks
20 Dec 1972New York Knicks 124–102 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.