NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves116–127Detroit Pistons

Buffalo Braves at Detroit Pistons

Date: Thursday 30 November 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 13th meetingof 130 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elmore Smith	43:00	13–22	3–4	10	1	3	29
Bob Kauffman	39:00	11–15	2–2	10	9	3	24
Howard Komives	36:00	6–9	1–1	1	5	3	13
Dick Garrett	26:00	4–12	0–0	3	6	5	8
John Hummer	23:00	3–6	1–2	2	4	4	7
Bill Hewitt	22:00	3–7	2–4	7	4	4	8
Bob McAdoo	19:00	4–9	1–1	4	1	3	9
Fred Hilton	6:00	4–5	0–0	2	1	2	8
Randy Smith	—	5–10	0–0	2	2	5	10
Team totals	214:00	53–95	10–14	41	33	32	116

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Davis	41:00	9–15	0–0	17	0	4	18
Dave Bing	39:00	5–16	7–8	5	14	2	17
Curtis Rowe	33:00	7–12	5–6	3	3	0	19
Don Adams	28:00	7–15	5–5	6	0	4	19
John Mengelt	26:00	6–10	3–6	2	3	0	15
Fred Foster	22:00	6–10	2–4	2	0	3	14
Chris Ford	7:00	1–3	1–1	0	0	0	3
Bob Lanier	6:00	2–4	1–1	0	2	0	5
Erwin Mueller	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Stu Lantz	—	4–10	3–4	3	3	2	11
Willie Norwood	—	2–2	2–3	3	0	4	6
Team totals	203:00	49–97	29–38	41	25	19	127

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1972-73.

30 Nov 1972116–127 this game
19 Jan 1973Detroit Pistons 98–108 Buffalo Braves
6 Feb 1973Detroit Pistons 107–105 Buffalo Braves
16 Mar 1973Buffalo Braves 100–121 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 4–18
Detroit Pistons: 8–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Los Angeles Clippers 57.

24 Mar 1972Buffalo Braves 105–112 Detroit Pistons
19 Jan 1973Detroit Pistons 98–108 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.