NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets123–112Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 16 December 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 34th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	45:00	9–21	6–7	10	7	3	24
Jimmy Walker	41:00	9–17	12–12	1	7	3	30
Cliff Meely	20:00	3–5	1–2	4	1	2	7
Calvin Murphy	18:00	3–4	4–4	0	—	2	10
Otto Moore	—	7–13	0–2	14	0	4	14
Mike Newlin	—	5–9	2–2	4	2	6	12
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	3–13	5–6	15	1	1	11
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	4–10	3–3	4	1	6	11
Stan McKenzie	—	2–7	0–0	5	0	3	4
Team totals	124:00	45–99	33–38	57	19	30	123

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	47:00	13–27	10–12	11	3	4	36
Curtis Rowe	40:00	6–13	7–9	8	1	4	19
Dave Bing	36:00	8–17	6–6	4	5	5	22
John Mengelt	31:00	3–6	0–0	6	0	4	6
Fred Foster	29:00	2–10	0–0	5	2	2	4
Chris Ford	18:00	2–5	5–6	4	3	3	9
Don Adams	14:00	3–9	2–2	2	4	3	8
Jim Davis	1:00	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0
Willie Norwood	—	2–4	2–5	3	0	3	6
Stu Lantz	—	0–2	2–2	0	2	2	2
Team totals	216:00	39–93	34–42	44	20	31	112

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1972-73.

27 Oct 1972Detroit Pistons 118–130 Houston Rockets
4 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 118–108 Detroit Pistons
16 Dec 1972123–112 this game
25 Feb 1973Houston Rockets 112–129 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 11–17
Detroit Pistons: 13–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

4 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 118–108 Detroit Pistons
25 Feb 1973Houston Rockets 112–129 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.