NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons114–113Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Friday 1 December 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 273 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Davis	48:00	6–11	5–7	13	6	5	17
Dave Bing	45:00	13–26	11–12	4	7	3	37
Curtis Rowe	42:00	4–18	6–9	9	1	2	14
Don Adams	24:00	4–8	4–4	5	1	5	12
John Mengelt	18:00	3–7	1–2	5	3	3	7
Chris Ford	15:00	3–4	2–2	2	2	4	8
Stu Lantz	—	6–12	3–5	7	3	2	15
Willie Norwood	—	2–6	0–0	5	0	3	4
Team totals	192:00	41–92	32–41	50	23	27	114

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Johnson	40:00	9–19	6–9	3	5	2	24
Austin Carr	36:00	11–19	7–9	6	4	5	29
Bob Rule	34:00	7–14	2–4	10	1	5	16
Dwight Davis	29:00	2–6	2–2	11	3	5	6
Jim Cleamons	18:00	1–4	0–0	3	3	1	2
Cornell Warner	15:00	3–6	0–0	3	0	3	6
Bingo Smith	9:00	1–6	0–0	1	2	0	2
Lenny Wilkens	—	6–16	4–10	3	5	5	16
Steve Patterson	—	5–6	2–4	7	1	1	12
Team totals	181:00	45–96	23–38	47	24	27	113

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1972-73.

21 Oct 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 96–103 Detroit Pistons
1 Dec 1972114–113 this game
17 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 106–104 Detroit Pistons
28 Mar 1973Detroit Pistons 131–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 9–13
Cleveland Cavaliers: 8–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 129, Detroit Pistons 144.

21 Oct 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 96–103 Detroit Pistons
17 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 106–104 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.