- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1972-73Regular season
- Meeting
- 13th meetingof 284 played
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Carr | 34:00 | 11–24 | 5–8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| John Johnson | 33:00 | 3–12 | 3–4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Cornell Warner | 26:00 | 5–11 | 0–0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Bob Rule | 22:00 | 4–7 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Barry Clemens | 20:00 | 5–6 | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Bingo Smith | 18:00 | 3–15 | 0–0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Dwight Davis | 17:00 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jim Cleamons | 15:00 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Lenny Wilkens | — | 2–9 | 5–8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| John Warren | — | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Steve Patterson | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 185:00 | 36–102 | 16–26 | 33 | 19 | 26 | 88 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cowens | 38:00 | 9–19 | 0–0 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| John Havlicek | 37:00 | 10–16 | 3–3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| Jo Jo White | 31:00 | 7–12 | 0–0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Don Nelson | 27:00 | 6–13 | 6–8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| Don Chaney | 20:00 | 2–3 | 5–9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Art Williams | 16:00 | 4–7 | 2–2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Hank Finkel | 10:00 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Paul Silas | — | 3–8 | 8–10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Paul Westphal | — | 1–7 | 2–2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Tom Sanders | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Kuberski | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Team totals | 179:00 | 46–94 | 31–41 | 78 | 28 | 25 | 123 |
This season
Boston Celtics 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1972-73.
Records going in
- Boston Celtics
- 21–3
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.